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
Cnns elisa raffa, elisa, whats the latest track for Hurricane Milton . So we still have a category three hurricane on our hands right now. The track, still again, focusing on the West Coast. There are florida where weve been watching. So closely with this, is that Center Line Right where here it is. Heres a Category Three Hurricane Rights to 120 Mile Perhour winds. The warnings with the trial this was the graphic that i wanted to get you to where were looking at the Center Line of this. Where we were worried about some Storm Surge coming into Tampa Bay, right . That eight to 12 feet of Storm Surge with this Center Line of that core of the a. I. Going just to the south there of Tampa Bay, there will be more offshore wins in Tampa Bay, more of those seating winds and the worst that Storm Surge would be sarasota and areas to the south so it does look like that we have updated that Storm Surge forecast here from the Hurricane Center. You could see we didnt get a chance to update the boxes
With Afternoon Everyone and Michael Michael Mccallum and this is The Story and we what a story it is we expect an update any moment now, we will take you live to florida governor Ron Desantis as he and his team are preparing for what is shaping up to be a once in a century epic hurricane. Milton is growing stronger, you can see training out to sea. Just north of cancun right now barreling towards florida over the next 24 hours and a little more than that among a live look at the packed roads as people tried to escape the state of Florida Or Move farther north or south to get out of this past, very tricky to determine what that will look like though. More than A Million people under Evacuation Orders in the state and today, Vice President harris is here in new York And Friendly Media territory with exactly four weeks to go from today is the election. She has been doing a number of interviews, among them shall sit down with Stephen Colbert tonight. Howard stern earlier today. And in the
Chemical in every unit. You know, dozens of units involved. Cars, of course, power lines. Fuel lines. Water informal everything that is feeding one another in a cycle of incendiary incidents. Youre seeing a fire that popped out of a low floor. It starts to burn in color. That means thats the fire actively eating through what the fuel is. Eventually it starts to turn more white which is proof the Suppression Efforts are gaining ground. That is of the utmost importance. Why . Because fire will kill who is still inside and alive, and it can hurt and kill the people who are trying to get in to do Search And Rescue. They have to deal with it. In fact, they had a hose on this building all night long. Trying to deal with fire. One of the reasons that you see all the water in the basement earlier today. Now, work in the basement has been slowed, and theyre trying to approach through different avenues of opportunity to get penetration into this building. Why . Because the water is rising. Its a
Chemical in every unit. You know, dozens of units involved. Cars, of course, power lines. Fuel lines. Water informal everything that is feeding one another in a cycle of incendiary incidents. Youre seeing a fire that popped out of a low floor. It starts to burn in color. That means thats the fire actively eating through what the fuel is. Eventually it starts to turn more white which is proof the Suppression Efforts are gaining ground. That is of the utmost importance. Why . Because fire will kill who is still inside and alive, and it can hurt and kill the people who are trying to get in to do Search And Rescue. They have to deal with it. In fact, they had a hose on this building all night long. Trying to deal with fire. One of the reasons that you see all the water in the basement earlier today. Now, work in the basement has been slowed, and theyre trying to approach through different avenues of opportunity to get penetration into this building. Why . Because the water is rising. Its a