Cnn breaking News Amar codes alongside John Berman. With cnns continuing coverage of Hurricane Helene, the Monster Category four storm set to make landfall just south of tallahassee, florida. And at any moment, nearly 1 Million people are already without power across florida and also georgia and the impacts they are far reaching this is new Video Tonight of rescues that are taking place in fort Myers Beach in southwest florida. Youve got local deputies using boats to rescue people who call for help. Streets. Theyre turning into rivers the warnings are dire. This is a patent strophic storm, packing can winds around 140 miles per hour and the Storm Surge Forecast or say, will be unsurvivable 20 feet in some parts. Helene is one of the biggest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. Its about 400 miles wide absolutely massive and making matters even worse all of this is happening in the dead of night. Florida governor Ron Desantis is set to hold a Press Conference a few moments from right now,
devastated by the loss. the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is. we don t know it s alive and who s gone. cnn s isabel resilience is live for us on the scene there in rolling fork. what are you learning there? well further damage is incredible and just awful anywhere you look, it s sort of appears as though an explosion has gone off. i mean, imagine the power of this tornado, fred to do something like this to a semi truck just ripped apart into pieces. imagine what that would do. to a trailer park, which we saw was leveled just a couple of feet away from this and you can see over here what it has done to buildings collapsed. several buildings, homes are gone. it is just terrible for this community . but fred, there are signs that help is coming here in the last hour we saw 18 t trucks coming in and restoring some of the cell reception, which was a struggle for first responders. i saw them holding up cell phones trying to communi
service even issuing an alert that didn t mince words, exclaiming quote to protect your life. take cover. now a former mayor of rolling fork told a local television station that a tornado blew the windows out of the back of his house. and the sharkey county sheriff s office reporting gas leaks and people trapped in piles of rubble, mississippi governor tate reeves saying in a twitter post that search and rescue teams are active and that more ambulances and emergency assets are being sent to those affected areas. the governor also saying quote many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god s protection. the storm prediction center, saying the greatest threat of tornadoes overnight will be in arkansas, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee. storms with damaging winds and hill also forecast from eastern texas and southeastern oklahoma into parts of southeastern missouri and southern illinois. let s go now to fox weather meteorologist ian oliver, who s standing by with th
aligne facilities. this continues and barbara raddatz stands by with reporting. already two confirmed tornadoes outside dallas today. this system then moves up the coast right into the northeast. rob marciano tracking it all. he s in the storm zone for us. the chilling case in florida tonight. a judge now sentencing a 16-year-old boy to life in prison for murdering his classmate, a 13-year-old cheerleader, stabbing her more than 100 times. what that beloved cheerleader s family revealed in court. tonight with a grand jury in new york weighing a possible indictment against president trump, authorities growing increasing alarm over what they believe is the former president s dangerous rhetoric. trump warning of death and destruction if he is indicted. in major news tonight in the special council s investigation into the president. president biden meeting with justin trudeau, agreeing to a new immigration deal and what this now means. terry moranis there. a good sama
is standing by. real threat from long track tornadoes after dark across several states, already two confirmed tornadoes outside dallas today. and the system that was of the coast right into the northeast, rob marciano tracking it all. the chilling case in florida tonight. a judge sentencing a 16-year-old boy to life in prison for murdering his classmate. a 13-year-old cheerleader. stabbing her more than 100 tim times. what that cheerleader s family revealed in court. the grand jury here in new york wearing a possible indictment against former president from authorities growing increasingly alarmed by what they believe is the former president s as grading and dangerous rhetoric. truck now warning of potential death and destruction if he is indicted. and major news tonight in the special counsel s prestige investigation. giancarlo is here. person biden at this hour, meeting with justin trudeau. and what this now it means. terry moran is there. tonight, the stunning images,