Cnn breaking News Amar codes alongside John Berman. With cnns continuing coverage of Hurricane Helene, the Monster Category four storm set to make landfall just south of tallahassee, florida. And at any moment, nearly 1 Million people are already without power across florida and also georgia and the impacts they are far reaching this is new Video Tonight of rescues that are taking place in fort Myers Beach in southwest florida. Youve got local deputies using boats to rescue people who call for help. Streets. Theyre turning into rivers the warnings are dire. This is a patent strophic storm, packing can winds around 140 miles per hour and the Storm Surge Forecast or say, will be unsurvivable 20 feet in some parts. Helene is one of the biggest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. Its about 400 miles wide absolutely massive and making matters even worse all of this is happening in the dead of night. Florida governor Ron Desantis is set to hold a Press Conference a few moments from right now,
Extremely dangerous four. It s more than 400 miles across, pushing a storm surge that officials are calling unsurvivable is now hitting florida s gulf coast as much as 20 feet of water what are forecast along the shore south of tallahassee, which itself is expected to take a direct blow. Some coastal areas already flooding. Take a look live pictures right now from gulfport in tampa on the right interstate to 70 prison biden this evening, urge anyone in the storm s path that take it extremely seriously. A lot of water there is certainly there graham gulfport, especially emergency managers and florida s taylor county are telling people choosing to stay and there are people choosing to stay to write her name and date of birth on a leg to help identify their bodies. Storm warnings are now in effect as far north as charlotte, north carolina. We ve got cnn correspondents all along the places now harm s way in chad myers in the cnn weather center, let s start with cnn meteorologist derek van
Now i ll see you tomorrow evening. I m kaitlan collins. This is the source hurricane helene is about to slam into florida and i expected to make landfall and just a couple of hours from now, it s now an extremely dangerous category four storm and winds are now up to 140 miles per hour. If it stays this strong, it ll be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida s big bend region. That s the area that we re keeping a close eye on. This hour, more than half 1 million people there have already lost power. And forecasters are predicting tonight that the storm surge in some areas could be unsurvivable reaching as high as 20 feet surges and high winds were already the reason for the closures of several major bridges in the tampa area that we saw tonight? officials, there are telling residents to shelter in place, that it is going to get worse and don t go outside. Emergency managers and one florida county are being so blunt with their warnings for those who are in low lying areas a
Two candidates, theyre dueling economic messages and the former president s claims about the two attempts on his life and iran, plus the very latest on Hurricane Helene now forecast to reach category four heading for the Florida Panhandle good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight, keeping them honest with politics specifically the brand of it, which runs on falsehoods and fear. And frankly, racism the latest example, louisiana republican Congressman Clay higgins, this guy, now it doesnt have much of a record of accomplishment in the house, but today, hes certainly got noticed this is what he posted on social media, quoting the congressman now, lol, these haitians are wild, eating pets, voodoo, Nastyas Country in the western hemisphere, colts slapstick gangsters, but if they dont feel all sophisticated now filing charges against our president and vp, all these thugs better get their Mind Right and their out of our country before january 20. So a couple of things to unpack he
For joining us. The news continues now, right here On Cnn you as joining us here in the united states and All Around The World and to everyone streaming us On Cnn max, i was with church just ahead Hurricane Helene takes aim at floridas gulf coast, set to make landfall later today as a major catastrophic storm. What we know about the potential impact for people in the South East and the biden administration pushing for a ceasefire between Israel And Hezbollah. As the two who continue To Trade Fire up what it will take for both sides to agree to stop the stiller plus new Yorks Mayor indicted in a federal investigation will hear his defiant response and look at what charges he could be facing churning through the Gulf Of Mexico is on track to be the strongest to hit the us in more than a year, Hurricane Helene already dumped torrential rains on mexico and cuba, just a preview of whats in store for the southern united states. It is a category one hurricane at the moment, but the forecast w