This is not survivorable the urgent warning we got from Central Florida officials to all the people living in Hurricane Miltons path. The Evacuation Zone involves Six Million people. And this storm is hours away now from colliding with floridas gulf coast. The impact has the potential to change the coastline. Our Meteorologist Janice Dean was saying it will do that. President biden and Vicepresident Kamala Harris are getting briefed were told on preparations. Officials are bracing for extreme winds and the windshield on this has grown exponentially so its going to affect far many more people than we thought at first. The winds could cause widespread power outages, like we just saw less than two weeks ago across six states in the southeast, including florida. Helene hit florida first. This is the second punch. 15 feet of lifethreatening Storm Surge expected, and time is running short for people who actually want to get out of the way. And you might have to go a little bit farther away t
Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
Any questions . Yeah. Reporter when it comes to the number of people in your people are apparently choosing to stay behind, do you know how many people seem to be trying to ride this out . We dont. That comes up all of the time. You know, that kind of talk is so foolish. Said so many times do you want to pick a fight with Mother Nature and shes when he 100 of the time. And individuals and these say you are in a singlestory home, 12 feet is about that house. If you are in it, basically that is the coffin you are in. It is just of this magnitude, what we can hope for is that the storm goes a bit south. We dont want to wish anything on our neighbors. But if it went a little bit south, that would prevent Storm Surge from coming into Tampa Bay where it has no place to go. Bit is just a Storm Surge. It gets pushed into the bay and it is coming into the neighborhoods. Does it seem like most people are respecting that . Oh, yes, you can look at the traffic and it is incredible. I spoke with my
The deal on happened before their car. South Today Year since the devastating October 7 attacks by hamas, a somber day of commemoration morning, those lost in the assault, even and as the country braces for the next phase in a conflict, thats reportedly killed more than 41,000 people in gaza and has now spread into lebanon. Plus, milton is morphing into a monster. Now a category five hurricane, the highest category possible with landfall in florida just two days away as tampa lies directly in the Storms Path and going where the voters are Vice President Kamala Harris sitting down for an Interview Interview with a podcast better known for conversations about sex and relationships. But won with a humungous following, will the gamble pay off . Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central today is a day of mourning marking the deadliest massacre of jews since the holocaust one year ago today, israel holding a national ceremony in
John thank you. Today marks one year since hamas is attack on Israel Kickstarting A Brutal War In The Middle East and while most of the world is holding the somber remembrance ceremonies, antiisrael protesters are marching in demonstrations across this country. Sandra we are awaiting a briefing from the White House and marks from Vp Nominee j. D. Vance who is set to address a memorial in washington. We will bring you the highlights as they happen. She is just the best mother and the best sister. There is no way she would be okay with the number of resources she has been using because there are so many families that are also hurting and missing. Speak of the men and women on the ground are doing the best that they can but fema has every priority wrong. They did not know what to do or where to do it, how to access the mountains. They are turning people away trying to deliver funds. My life has completely changed ten days ago. Theres not really any comparison to it. There is so much tragi