Now i ll see you tomorrow evening. I m kaitlan collins. This is the source hurricane helene is about to slam into florida and i expected to make landfall and just a couple of hours from now, it s now an extremely dangerous category four storm and winds are now up to 140 miles per hour. If it stays this strong, it ll be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida s big bend region. That s the area that we re keeping a close eye on. This hour, more than half 1 million people there have already lost power. And forecasters are predicting tonight that the storm surge in some areas could be unsurvivable reaching as high as 20 feet surges and high winds were already the reason for the closures of several major bridges in the tampa area that we saw tonight? officials, there are telling residents to shelter in place, that it is going to get worse and don t go outside. Emergency managers and one florida county are being so blunt with their warnings for those who are in low lying areas a
Already begun in Southwest Florida. The impacts were not that significant, where the storm has already passed, fdot crews have already driven and cleared more than 2000 miles of roadway in Southwest Florida so weve already started working once the initial initial response is through our cut and tell us crews were transition to Debris Removal. And undergoing are two sentences, leadership, we will stand ready just like with the Dahlia And Debbie to support fiscally constrained counties with the Debris Removal operation please leave dr. Please do not drive on them water over a road can be very dangerous, especially around culverts and bridges. Every storm season, we see people tried to navigate through water. You have no idea whats Going On underneath the water, please do not drive through but were going to stay in touch with our airports and Seaports Sea ports are closed, Water Side right now airports are going to reopen just as soon as practically feasible and thank again, governor. Tha
It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
Continues On Cnn with Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room. Ill see you Tomorrow Trump talks of blowing around to smithereens after a briefing, are threats to assassinate him. While Kamala Harris drives home, the differences turn to her economic vision and trumps on the stump and in a brand new interview, were breaking down their dueling messages in key Battleground States. Also tonight, breaking news, Hurricane Helene is now forecast to be a Monster Category four storm. Before it makes a direct hit on Floridas Gulf of Coast Tomorrow Cnn is on the scene as officials are warning residents to get out now, plus, israel strikes more hezbollah targets from the, air after intercepting a missile aimed of Tel Aviv now the idf says preparations for a possible Ground Incursion into lebanon are underway President Biden says, allout war in the region is possible welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the situation tonight, the battleground, S
There are estimates this affects about 26,000 people per year so it is relatively rare doctors and the university say they expect these guys to make a full recovery. Of course, were all hoping to hear that that is indeed the case, but it can be scary as you pointed out, john stinks for a few days, but hopefully it will be okay proof that you can come fully recover . Yes. Maybe no more of marathon, you know, warmer. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Meg tirrell. Appreciate that report and a new hour of cnn, new central starts right now. Breaking overnight, the deadliest day in nearly two decades lebanon, Israel And Iran Hezbollah Trading intense fire which will now be front and center as President Biden is about to make his final speech. At, the united nations general assembly. Donald trump heading back to Battleground Georgia Today after calling early voting stupid, also trying to get people to vote early and zero fruit and the zero proof movement, new details on mocktails becoming m