Washington. A fox news alert. A massive hurricane that could be the most destructive in the history of the country is about to slam into florida. Hurricane milton could make landfall as early as 8 00 p. M. Eastern, exactly one hour from now. Now, the national Weather Service says the window to evacuate has closed. Shelter in place now. Tampa, Fort Myers and orlando are all expected to face lifethreatening impacts. Tornadoes have already been seen and many of floridas West Coast beaches are at risk as well of being wiped out. Now, first responders in st. Petersburg have paused all operations. Not responding to any emergencies until it is safe to do so. We will bring you conch from across the state but, first, we start in Brayden Ton Florida where Fox Weather Robert ray is standing by, robert . Yeah. Laura, good evening to you. And you see the Manatee River behind me that is raging with up to 80 mileperhour winds that have occurred here in this part of the Gulf Coast. We are not too far
Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
fox news is learning that former republican presidential candidate and senator tim scott will endorse president trump tonight. he s appearing with the former president in new hampshire it s happening this hour we will bring it to you when they come out. focus of tonight s angle. now, there are many reasons to be in a great mood going into this weekend because the good news keeps coming. now, first and most obvious, donald trump blew everyone out of the water in iowa which means that the party is uniting. it s only a matter of time before nikki haley and ron desantis, who both gave it a good go will drop out and if they re smart, they will endorse him taking on biden and the billionaire supporting biden is going to require all hands on deck and a laser beam focus on turnout, mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting. the second piece of good news trump provided some clarity about his v.p. pick. and haley is not on the list. truth be told not a good fit doesn t need a liz cheney fo