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
Households in florida are reportedlyfl without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their thhomes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to effect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. Still what mayea bring the most danger areri 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 the Storm Surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But in some parts of florida officials warn that Hurricane Helene could cause Storm Surges of c up to 20 feet, around doub the amount shown in in simulatiOn And those officials are calling that a level of Sto Surge potentially unsurvivable. Earlier today the first bands of Wind Andt Rain Las
Tallahassee within the next few hours. Now, right now, helene is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. So, for more than 545,000 households in florida, they are reportedly without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their homes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to affect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. So, 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 florida s west coast. This video is a simulation of what could happen if the storm surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But, in some parts of florida, officials look worn that a hurricane helene could cause storm surges of up
Police officer at a hearing detailing the secret Services Breakdown in communications before the first trump Assassination Attempt. And with Election Day creeping closer, intelligence officials are on high alert as trump faces a major foreign threat. Wow, here we go. Its already the 2 00 hour on the east Coast Hello and welcome everyone im Sandra Smith in New York. John and im John Roberts in washington, Hi Sandra This Is America reports. The ongoing iranian threat to Trumps Life is far from over putting the Secret Service protocols to the test that concerned a major topic of discussion during todays hearing. In your experience, would that change how you operated . Would that heighten your level of coordination, assets . Absolutely, mr. Walz, it would be a tremendous game changer. The current situation with the Secret Service being not being mandated to have information provided to it is a problem. John and with the president of the iranian regime thats trying to kill him in town yeste
Story with martha begins now in. Martha thank you very much. It afternoon im Martha Maccallum and this is the story. We have breaking news right now in new York City as you just saw quite a bit of news in florida as well. Obviously in beirut. For the first time in history, the sitting mayor of the biggest city in the country Eric Adams was indicted on a tangle of charges around Campaign Donations and bribery and the government of turkiye. Also as you just heard Hurricane Helene has now strengthened to a category three hurricane. Its expected to grow further before making landfall several hours away. So we are watching it, its enormous Peer Arlington with the Big Bend of florida we are going to have live coverage for you as it changes this afternoon. Also waiting in new york a couple big things, trump will speak shortly from Trump Tower. But first. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not give in to White House calls for a ceasefire in lebanon. As u. S. Officials say w