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Right now on Ana Cabrera reports, Breaking News, as florida readies for a direct hit from a monster storm. Mass evacuations and urgent preparations as Hurricane Milton charges through the gulf. Were in tampa, a city that could see its worst storm in a century. The president expected to speak from the White House in just minutes as the nation sees two historic backtoback storms, well carry those remarks live. Also ahead, misinformation about the response to helene embroils the 2024 race. Vp harris slamming Donald Trump over lies about storm aid. And Breaking News at the Supreme Court this morning, justices hear ....
Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Hurricane milton is Bearing Barreling toward florida as one of the recent hurricanes in recent history and dangerous category 4 storm is churning north of mexicos yucatan peninsula. Milton is set to make landfall in florida late wednesday in to thursday and its expected to trigger a Lifethreatening Storm Surge and it could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa Area in more than a century. The mayor saying if you choose to stay, youre going to die. Joining us is our meteorologist. How are people preparing there . You can probably see some of those Preparation Efforts happening as we speak. This is outside of this is normally a busy wharf and completely shut down. Flood protection barriers are outside of ....
Actually a barrier to the mississippi river. and it s one of several. another one is right over here. a walkway, it s called the moon walk. you might think that s a strange name until you remember that moon bran drew wa landrieu was the mayor. named that in his honor. and this way another level of barriers. i have to race down here. hold on tight, steven you have a lot of steps to go down here. the army corps of engineers embarked on million at this billion-dollar plan to upgrade the levee system and flood protection barriers in new orleans after katrina. this is part of it right here. this is built by the flood protection protection authority. it s gu gigantic medal roller. medal pad with rollers beneath it. it slides into place here. one of them here. there is another one right over there. it helps protect a key part of the city. it s what draws people to the city of new orleans right down there. the french quarter. there you have it. ....
Barry gets closer to landfall. and depending upon where the heavy storms occur, you know, we re having to deal with large amounts of rain in a short period of time. i m just north of new orleans across lake pontchartrain, our area is outside of the flood protection barriers that we hear so much about. we are experiencing some of the tidal surge that you were speaking about earlier and we re expecting anywhere from 3 to 5 feet, which is not too catastrophic. it does cause some trouble, there will be some street flooding. but the primary concern at this point is just where and when we get this heavier rainfall and whether or not the local lakes and rivers can accommodate that ....