People are being urged to leave coastal and low lying areas of florida as Hurricane Milton, expected to be the biggest storm to hit the area in a century, moves closer to the states West Coast. President biden has warned evacuating is a matter of life and death. These pictures are coming into us live from the state of florida. This is the sunshine skyway bridge, the gateway to Tampa Bay, normally a very busy road even early in the day but pretty much deserted now, clearly very exposed and certainly not somewhere anyone would want to be as the hurricane approaches. Although those winds and rain not being really fully felt yet, if we look at this picture of some Palm Trees you can see they are moving a little bit in the breeze but those winds will get stronger and stronger. The national Hurricane Center saying that milton is bringing sustained winds of around 155 miles per hour, as we look at this track. It was downgraded a short while ago to a Category Fourfrom Category short while ago
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A bit of Mist And Fog possible across some western areas early in the morning. Those temperatures not changing a great deal again, typically a cool 11 or 12. This is Bbc News. The latest headlines Hurricane Milton, the biggest storm to hit florida in a century, heads towards the coast. President biden warns residents to leave for safety. Already, dangerous tornadoes are developing over florida as the storm continues to approach. Deaths following Air Strikes on both sides of the border, as Israel And Hezbollah continue to exchange fire. And then there were two James Cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership race. Kemi Badenoch And Robertjenrick remain. The end of the Linejudge Why Modern Technology is bringing to an end nearly 150 years of tradition is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall on is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall to where we expect landfall to happen. Somewhere between Fort Myers and sarasota. They are about 77 miles apart, and just south of tampa,
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Los angeles and this is americas late news, Fox News At Night. And breaking tonight, just hours away from Hurricane Milton, the category five storm of the century. Florida governor Ron Desantis Racing to secure his state and it appears Kamala Harris is racing to secure political points. Nbcs reporting Governor Desantis is ignoring your calls. It is utterly irresponsible and selfish. And it is about political gamesmanship. It is not about you Kamala Harris, its about the people of florida. She has never called on any of the storms we have had since she has been Vice President until apparently now. Clearly her boss does not need the same political points. The governor of florida has been cooperative and talks began yesterday. And i said no, youre doing a great job. Trace in the meantime, Kamala Harris doing Damage Control on her Softball Media Blitz this week but she may be doing more harm than good. What does success look like an ending the war in ukraine . There will be no success in e