Begin only two hours from now conditions in the Hurricane Strike Zone are growing much more dangerous by the minute. As milton unleashes ferocious winds torrential rains, and a slew of destructive tornadoes. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer a youre in the Situation Room were following every angle of the major Breaking News in florida right now Hurricane Milton taking aim at the Tampa Bay Region and now on a faster track toward a devastating landfall, this Monster Storm is posing a grave and urgent danger and residents who havent escaped Miltons Path are being warned. Its not too late to get out cnn teams are fanned out all along Floridas Gulf Coast and areas bracing for the worst of this storm our chief climate correspondent, Bill Weir is on the scene in st. Petersburg, florida. Bill, whats the latest from where you are of the pier here in st. Pete. As you can see, these waves are just starting to breach the Seawall Weve been watchin
Im jake tapper. Were going to start this hour with the Breaking News moments ago, we got an update on her Hurricane Milton, which once again is im not happy to tell you, has strengthened to a category five storm. Was category for now its back to five and has 165 165 mile an ho sustained winds. It is expected to double in size before making landfall in florida. Nearly 20 Million people in the United States are currently in the path of Hurricane Milton. Its effects or already being felt. Parts of the Tampa Bay Area are gonna lose access to running water starting today, Gas Stations are running out of fuel as evacuees fill up their cars and tried to flee. Those riding out the storm are stocking Up To power their generators. Lets get straight to cnn Meteorologist Chad myers in a hurricane headquarters. Chad, it doesnt sound like this forecast is what we wanted it is not, it is. We saw all day and i talked to you about this at 4 00 this afternoon that the last plane left about three hours a
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Helene made landfall, and governor Ron Desantis is warning people in the Hurricanes Path take this storm serious so please keep an eye on this storm theres a bit the greater cone covers almost the entire West Coast of florida at this point. And so even if youre not in the cone as it gets closer, certainly if youre on the dirty side of the storm, theres going to be surge that goes outside the cone thats going to be significant. So just prepare for that and understand that something that is likely to happen just moments ago, florida Officials Evacuation orders as soon as tomorrow and just one county is Tracking Milton for us. So what are you seeing as far as its path and where its protect projected to bring here i mean, were worried about it rapidly intensifying. Again. And as it heads towards the West Coast of florida, that will bring Storm Surge, ive been down the coast, damaging winds and Heavy Rain is right now a category one hurricane and are ready rapidly intensified from yesterday
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