Out of florida, millions of people under threat from Monster Size Hurricane milton. That powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a Barrier Island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating Storm Surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
Hello, im kasie hunt. Welcome to cnn this morning, the breaking news, the national Hurricane Center out with a brand new update it on Hurricane Milton. Milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring Lifethreatening Storm Surge and dangerous winds along Floridas Gulf Coast practically all of Central Florida remains under a Hurricane Warning with landfall expected as early as tonight with Evacuation Orders clogging floridas major interstates, a new problem growing Fuel Outages as of late last night, 21 of Gas Stations in florida are out of gas. This storm coming right on the heels of Hurricane Helene that brought record Storm Surge flooding to the Tampa Area where debris from that storm now poses a whole new threat. Theres still a lot of debris out there that could become really dangerous in these Wind Conditions. We didnt have the Wind Conditions with helene just the Storm Surge. So this is going to be both things potential threat to us all right, lets get
Because it comes about this time every day, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, we get an update from the national Hurricane Center. And well wait to see what they say about the massive Hurricane Milton that caused 6 Million people to evacuate in its path in the state of florida. The life threatening storm is now moving toward floridas Gulf Coast. Forecasters say it will slam into that peninsula. Late tonight or into the early hours of tomorrow. What they are looking at is exactly where it will hit. They arent saying it is not going to hit. Some forecasters are saying is Storm Surge could be higher than what it was in Hurricane Katrina which left more than 1,300 people dead. The evacuations, though, this time are the benefit of what we learned, we pray, from katrina. So many people moving out of the way. Not everybody, but most. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. This huge storm could be one of the largest weve seen in terms of a hurricane. Forecasters are saying Miltons Wind Field
Damaging winds, and up to 13 feet of lifethreatening Storm Surge. President biden warning, it looks like The Storm of the century. Officials fearing the impact could reshape floridas coastline. Millions urged or ordered to evacuate. The highways jammed. Many Gas Stations running out. The national Weather Service Warning now is the time to shelter in place. Our full Team Coverage here in florida and Al Roker with a new track as we come on the air. Also tonight, The Storm impacting the race for the white house. Fema racing to reassure those in Miltons Path on the heels of the devastation from Hurricane Helene. Kamala harris slamming Donald Trump over the misinformation hes spreading about The Storm response. Plus, going out with a bang. One of the oldest hotel casinos on the Vegas Strip brought tumbling down as the city makes way for a big, new gamble. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News reporting tonight from floridas gulf coast. Here is lester holt. Good evening from tampa. Hurricane mi
I apologize, this is just horrific. The terrible and entirely predictable hurricane milton. This is a very dangerous storm in terms of its strength and size as it approaches landfall. Tonight as another monster storm heads to florida powered by extreme temperatures in the gulf and as millions across the south dig out from last week s devastating hurricane, a reminder of what trump thinks about climate change. We will add a little bit more beachfront property. That s not the worst thing in the world. And the life or death stakes in this election. Then day donald trump prefers to run on problems instead of fixing problems. A kamala harris media blitz with 28 days left to go. And senator sherrod brown on his must win race in ohio when all in starts now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Hurricane milton is expected to make landfall in florida early thursday morning. At this hour the storm is back to category 5 strength. The national hurricane center advises, quote, florida res