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
Alertmac now a category of four hurricane, boys to make landfall in florida and the next two hours. Things are getting very dicey, multiple states bracing for the worst, storm surge, heavy wind threatening the entire gulf coast and beyond. We will get to the monolog in moments but let s check in across city in florida, yeah, fox weather is robert rae, what is the latest? and things are deteriorating in a big way here, on the nature coast. And eminent landfall in the next two hours, the wind speeds just updated the national hurricane center to 140 miles per hour sustained. That is catastrophic, like you cannot even explain. It is coming in here in the dark night, we are beginning just the rain in the wind and it will just deteriorated more in the coming hours. Has already about 400,000 customers without power in the great state of florida, a state of emergency here across the entire peninsula, up into georgia. One of the biggest concerns after landfall is as a system tracks up into geor
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