Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
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
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
Sean: welcome to hannity and tonight a category five hurricane milton only hours away from slamming into battered communities on the florida gulf coast here in the free state of florida. Many are rightly worried that the powerful storm couldn t fact be the most destructive hurricane in history. Florida officials telling residents who refused to evacuate. Write your name on your body to be identified if and when you die. Coming up we love alive report for fox weather but first we are 28 days until a flexion point for our country as a political storm is brewing across the country as the hurricane is bearing down on florida. Harris decided to pick a fight with governor rhonda santos was busy trying to save the lives of floridians and also prestaging 30,000 utility trucks and trucks with water and food and medicine and supplies as she has trashed him in public for not taking the time to speak with her on the phone. I called that he never received last night on this program governor rhonda
Here in the United States, canada, and Around The World, im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn Newsroom Israel targets beirut after issuing Evacuation Orders for parts of the lebanese capital as hezbollah fires back across the border entails in the live report with less than one month until Election Day, Donald Trump returns to butler, pennsylvania, the site of an Assassination Attempt against him. Earlier this Year And Kamala harris visits, the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene as a new Storm Heads towards areas only beginning to rebuild newsroom with Kim Brunhuber and we begin in The Middle East where fighting is raging on multiple fronts and fears of a bigger war are growing. Justice, israel prepares to mark the anniversary of the Hamas Attack on October 7, a short time ago, israels military announced that its surrounding the Jabalya Refugee Camp In Gaza. It says hamas was detected the area trying to rebuild its operational capabilities. The idf says, its working to stop that from happ