Being felt everywhere. It has come in as a category three storm with 120 mile per hour sustained it went even higher gusts according to the national hurricane center, we are talking to Rental Rain extremely dangerous wind. What is being described is lifethreatening Storm Surges that are now pounding portions of the state. At this hour, a Lifethreatening Flash Flood warning has just been issued for nearly 2 Million people. That includes tampa, saint petersburg, and clearwater. You just saw Bill Weir in st. Petersburg. You could see all of that developing there right now, over half 1 Million homes and businesses have lost power with conditions deteriorating by the minute this storm has also spawned a Record Number of tornadoes, all across the state of florida, far beyond where the storm has actually making direct hit tonight, there have been 19 confirmed tornadoes. So far, the sheriff Of St. Lucie county has just confirmed that there have been multiple fatalities after an outbreak of tor
Federal response to these lifethreatening hurricanes political yet again despite officials saying misinformation has made the Disaster Relief all the more difficult. Plus new Information Tonight on multiple Phone Calls between Vladimir Putin and former President Trumps since he left office. The detail from Bob Woodward in his latest book. Good evening. We start tonight with Hurricane Milton gaining strength at this moment and headed toward tampa, florida a region still reeling from Hurricane Helene. And that tonight for the second time in nearly as many weeks is expecting Record Storm Surge roads are jammed, Gas Running low in the area are not available in some places. I want to show you something that you dont see too often in florida. Take a look that Treasure Island near tampa and st. Petersburg and your Ghost Town after people evacuated, one person who is there, our Boris Sanchez will check in with him shortly. An astronaut aboard the Spacex Capsule publish this time last video tod
Strength and makes landfall also tonight. Former president making the federal response to these lifethreatening hurricanes, political yet again, despite officials saying misinformation has made the Disaster Relief all the more difficult plus new Information Tonight on multiple Phone Calls between Vladimir Putin and former President Trump since he left office. The details from Bob Woodward in his latest book. Good evening. We start tonight with Hurricane Milton gaining strength at this moment and headed toward tampa, Florida Region still reeling from Hurricane Helene and that tonight for the second time in early as many weeks is expecting record Storm Surge, roads are jammed, Gas Running low in the area are not available in some places. I want to show you something that you dont see too often in florida. Take a look that Treasure Island near tampa and st. Petersburg and your Ghost Town after people evacuated, one person who is there, our Boris Sanchez will check in with him shortly. An
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Long time and have experienced these storms many times, power you talking with them about how this is going to be different. And what and so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be as a way to hopefully give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out you Thank You, Madam Vice President. Yes, weve been emphasizing the size and the intensity of the storm and the direction in which its approaching, which is unusual and really raises that Storm Surge Risk for the West Coast of florida we typically see hurricanes approach the West Coast of florida from the south or southeast, moving parallel to the coast. This track more perpendicular to the coast really raises the Storm Surge Risk. And the size of the storm is going to produce hazardous impacts across much of the peninsula. So weve been hitting the Surge Risk on both coasts. Actually, the Hurricane Force winds, the flooding, rainfall all threat to tornadoes and trying to reemphasize the Scale And Bre