Hurricane helene continues right now our viewers in the united states and All Around The World for our special coverage of Hurricane Helene. Im michael holmes. Thanks for being with us tonight. Now, Hurricane Helene is the strongest storm ever to make landfall. Full in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across those less than two hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four with winds of 140 miles an hour. The national Weather Service describing it as unsurvivable up to 20 feet of Storm Surge expected in some areas. There have been at least two deaths reported in georgia and one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i94 near Ybor City in tampa was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous conditions out there. We are going to see downed Power Lines. Those are very hazardous as well, please do not mess with any down Power Lines in and around your home or anywhere. You may come in contact with them now.
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,
The director of immigration and Customs Enforcement confirms that more than 13,000 illegal immigrants convicted of murder have been caught at The Border and then released into the United States. A letter here tells the tale. Hello, im John Roberts in washington. Can you believe this, sandra . Sandra which means they are here, and this is just an unbelievable development. Im Sandra Smith in New York. Good to be with you, john. This is america reports. Bill melugin has this news for us outside of douglas, arizona right now where Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit later this afternoon. The details of this news, what do you have . Sandra, bear with me. We just got these numbers moments ago. But it is a Jaw Dropper, to say the least. To set the stage, let me just explain what these numbers mean. I. C. E. Has something called a Nondetained Docket. Essentially what that is, it means migrants encountered by dhs who are no longer in federal custody. So who is on this docket . It is il
Cnn breaking news good evening. I m abby phillip in new york. Our special coverage continues tonight of hurricane helene, a monster category four storm that is now moments away from making landfall in florida. At this moment, it was too late now for folks along the coast too evacuate. Officials warned that the winds and the storm surge will be be catastrophic in some areas, the word that they are using is unsurvivable helene could be the strongest storm on record for the big bend region. And we are already starting to see a major surge in these cities. So we have our anchors and our correspondents. They re fanned out as the storm is now hitting and we have chad myers as well with the latest forecast in the cnn weather center. Let s go first to john berman. He s out in tallahassee in the socalled dead on a hit zone, john, what s happening where you are right now? yeah the winds have really started to pick up abby over the last half an hour. The rain really coming down here, you can see
For joining us. The news continues now, right here On Cnn you as joining us here in the united states and All Around The World and to everyone streaming us On Cnn max, i was with church just ahead Hurricane Helene takes aim at floridas gulf coast, set to make landfall later today as a major catastrophic storm. What we know about the potential impact for people in the South East and the biden administration pushing for a ceasefire between Israel And Hezbollah. As the two who continue To Trade Fire up what it will take for both sides to agree to stop the stiller plus new Yorks Mayor indicted in a federal investigation will hear his defiant response and look at what charges he could be facing churning through the Gulf Of Mexico is on track to be the strongest to hit the us in more than a year, Hurricane Helene already dumped torrential rains on mexico and cuba, just a preview of whats in store for the southern united states. It is a category one hurricane at the moment, but the forecast w