Right now theres widespread devastation, and an urgent search for survivors. The storm decimated towns with historic flooding washing out bridges and roads, and leaving some neighborhoods completely under water. Take a look at asheville, North Carolina, where homes and trucks were swept away by Raging Waters that have turned roads into rivers. At this hour, more than 2 Million people across the south are without power, hundreds are still unaccounted for. Well have live Team Coverage from across three states this morning. Joining us now, nbcs reporter, florida was the first place the Storm Hit. What are you seeing there . And im seeing George Solis there, who we will have on shortly. There is guad, also with us priscilla thomson. Guad, lets begin with you. Reporter total destruction in this area. So we are on treasure island. This is one of the islands on what they call the barrier islands, furthest west from the Tampa Bay Area, and i dont even know where to start here. So, the sand you
Saying yeah, we have a category three hurricane on our hands right now, what 125 mile per hour winds my point that out because it category four hurricane starts at 130 mile per hour winds, so were really talking about a difference of five to ten miles per hour here, right . So right now, its a very Highend Category three teetering on that category four, which is why the national Hurricane Center is saying, hey, look, its still sitting over very warm from Ocean Waters right now. It has all the ingredients it needs to strengthen. So theres really not much to stop it from gaming that five miles per hour that it needs to just get to that category and become a category four either way, whether its this Highend Category three, or it makes that fivemile per Hour Difference to a category four. We are still talking about the Sam Catastrophic on survivable impacts when it comes to the Storm Surge and heavy Rain And Everything else. Weve been talking about, the radar. You can see again still with
Already begun in Southwest Florida. The impacts were not that significant, where the storm has already passed, fdot crews have already driven and cleared more than 2000 miles of roadway in Southwest Florida so weve already started working once the initial initial response is through our cut and tell us crews were transition to Debris Removal. And undergoing are two sentences, leadership, we will stand ready just like with the Dahlia And Debbie to support fiscally constrained counties with the Debris Removal operation please leave dr. Please do not drive on them water over a road can be very dangerous, especially around culverts and bridges. Every storm season, we see people tried to navigate through water. You have no idea whats Going On underneath the water, please do not drive through but were going to stay in touch with our airports and Seaports Sea ports are closed, Water Side right now airports are going to reopen just as soon as practically feasible and thank again, governor. Tha
Worrying trend among young voters. And why america has become irresistible to investment. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is here to discuss how clean energy is boosting the economy, especially in Red States. As the 11th Hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening, once again. I am stephanie ruhle, and we are now just 42 days away from the election. On one hand it seems like tomorrow, on another, it feels like its never going to get here. Because both candidates, what are they doing right now . They are leaning into issues that energize the respective base. Vice president Kamala Harris spoke with a local Wisconsin Radio station and talked about restoring Abortion Rights under Roe V wade. Listen to this. We should eliminate the filibuster for row and that we need, and get us to the point, where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom. Did you hear what she said . This is the first time Vp Harris confirmed her posi
Late for me. I have recently been diagnosed with parkinsons. You should point out he has not been criminally charged and paid bag the money but was named in a civil lawsuit filed by the state. We will continue to cover this story as it develops but for now, we are signing off. On that note, i wish you a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at The End of tomorrow. From a very special location. Good evening you can probably tell that i am not in our usual new York City studio tonight. Instead, we are coming to you live from lancings midtown Brewery Right here in the Batten Ground State of michigan. This is one of the crucial states that will decide who the next president is and both campaigns know it. Donald trump will be headed back to the detroit Metro Area just one week after he held a Town Hall in flint, michigan. Meanwhile, the Harris Walz Campaign is barn storming the state with a Bus Tour talking about