Barreling down the Gulf Coast straight into floridas West Coast. 120mileanhour winds and violent Water Pummeling the bridge. And this is santa Bell Island where floodwaters appear to be swallowing a house. And in Fort Myers, a tornado rips through neighbourhoods, obliterating properties. The winds are ferocious, the storm churches unstoppable and floridians are worried. Lets go to her senior correspondent in tampa. Steve . Jesse, we see rain come down in sheets. The wind is starting to pick up as well, we could see anywhere from 616 inches of rain here that has been going steady for the past six hours. The Storm Surge is another concern here in the tampa area. This could be a Worstcase Scenario depending on where the storm actually makes landfall. We could see up to 10 feet of Storm Surge here, anywhere from 15 feet along other parts and along the coast. When it gets over 40 miles per hour, they cannot come out and rescue and right now it seems to be hovering right about that range. Th
Bill thank you sean we are live here as milton is a major storm here in central and western and Eastern Florida tonight. Hurricane milton battering florida moving on shore making landfall as a category three storm 90 minutes ago downgraded earlier from a category five in the Gulf Of Mexico. Lifethreatening storm with a surge upwards of 10 feet expected in several areas of the West Coast. And its a very fierce. Weve got live coverage we will get to it right now. Steve has been in tampa all Day Adam is live in the Weather Centre. What are you seeing right now tonight cree. A sideways rain with heavy Wind Gust. The wind has been strong enough to snap small trees here with those being pushed down so you can imagine how difficult it will be for people to get around and rescuers to move around. With major distraction we arent seeing it in the buildings. We arent seeing Street Signs and is interesting to hear the mayor of Tampa Bay and Governor Desantis says going to be a few hours on your ow
That Storm Surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. Ill be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbcs meteorologist. Nbc News Meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida . This is when all the damage is happening. We cant show you where the worst Storm Surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot Storm Surge in sarasota. As we go down the coast, all the way to naples, its been at least five to six foot Storm Surge. That is higher than helene in most cases so we have new significant damage that is being done tonight. As the storm is moving inland. The winds are still pushing that water against the coast. It is still rushing in. The other thing you will notice, the black line is the center. Just north of the center which has been the past five hours over tampa, torrential rain. We are talking two to three inches per hour. Now that is
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Washington tonight. The unserious woman. That s the focus of tonight s angle. Laura: democrats are in a box. They are trapped inside and it s a box of their own making. Slowly, but surely, kamala harris is being exposed for what she is. An empty pants suit. Even when obvious questions are asked, she won t answer them. You have changed your position on so many things. You were against fracking. Now you are for it. You have supported looser immigration policies. Now you are tightening them up. You were for medicare for all. Now you are not. So many of the people don t truly know what you believe or what you stand for. And i know you have heard that. In the last four years i have been vice president of the united states. And i have been traveling our country, and i have been listening to folks. And seeking what is possible in terms of common ground. I believe in building consensus. We are a diverse people. Geographically, regionally, in terms of where we are in our background, and what th