Breaking news, Hurricane Helene speeds toward the gulf of mexico. Right now, helene is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. So far, more than 545,000 households in florida are reportedly without power with thousands ordered to evacuate. Helene is huge. And is expect today affect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. Still, what may bring the most danger are the Storm Surges. Earlier today, residents experienced flooding in places like Pine Island which is just outside of fort myers. But flooding will likely get much worse across the state as the night continues. A Storm Surge Warning is in place for almost the entirety of floridas West Coast this video is a simulation of what could happen if it rises to 10 feet. Hurricane helene could cause Storm Surges of up to 20 feet around double the amount shown in this simulation. And those officials are calling that level of Storm Surge potentially unsurv
Thanks for joining us and giving us a glimpse of what it is like on the ground. That is our show for this evening. Breaking News Coverage of hurricane helenes expected landfall in Florida Tonight continues right now on the last word with lawrence odonnell. At evening. We are going to get to Under Wiseman another news but we are going to begin with the hurricane. As you just heard, there are 600,000 people already without power. We are going to go straight to nbc News Meteorologist Bill karins at this hour. He has the latest on what the track of the storm is. Bill, what do you see coming . We are into the impact zone. We are now watching that northern Eye Move onshore and it is almost the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles right now moving into florida, and it will knock down just about everything in its path. You can see where the storm is. You can see clearly where The Eye is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category four, almost the higher e
Tonight, a Monster Storm about to make landfall. This hour, Hurricane Helene slams into floridas Big Bend as a category four. Plus, new York City mayor Eric Adams is defiant as he faces multiple federal Corruption Charges including Bribery And Wire fraud. We will get into it with the former manhattan prosecutor. And then, how Wall Street is responding to buys president harriss big economic addresses the 11th Hour gets underway on this thursday night. At evening. Once again, i am stephanie ruhle. Good to be back in new York City where tonight we are tracking Breaking News in the southeast is the incredibly powerful Hurricane Helene is heading the florida coast. Im going to bring in our own Bill Karins with the latest. Whats going on down there . A horrific storm. The Storm Surge is in areas that people have never seen the water on the West Coast of florida. The Big Bend is now getting 20 foot Storm Surge and the storm itself is now moving inland with destructive winds. This is the shore
Life threatening Flash Flooding and historic Storm Surge. It left towns across the Gulf Coast completely underwater as floodwaters submerge cars, crashed over highways and seeped into homes. At least six people have lost their lives. Take a look at this, rescue crews in pinellas county, encountering homes engulfed in flames as they try to save people trapped by rising waters. Right now, helene has weakened to a tropical storm, as it heads north, putting 42 Million people under flood alerts. Millions across the south are still without power. And here is the moment when the eyewall hit perry, florida. Jesse kirsch was reporting live on the air. Reporter i can tell you that we have had intermittent moments of really powerful gusts. Were getting some right now, again. This is some of the i want to point out, i dont know if you can see it off in the distance, but there are cars out here, i can tell you, 45mileperhour winds, not to be on the roads anymore. Anyone out here, presumably, not a
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