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Anderson cooper in braden florida, where the winds have really picked up significantly just in the last ten minutes or so, they are really starting to whip here in downtown by, by the river. I just want to get a sense of sort of the wins. Its sort of hard to tell when youre actually in it you get a sense in the light over there. Theres just been a steady downpour of rain and you can see it there. It reflected in the light as i was talking to erin in the last hour, there is a lot of along the riv...

Being felt everywhere. It has come in as a category three storm with 120 mile per hour sustained it went even higher gusts according to the national hurricane center, we are talking to rental rain extremely dangerous wind. What is being described is lifethreatening storm surges that are now pounding portions of the state. At this hour, a lifethreatening flash flood warning has just been issued for nearly 2 million people. That includes tampa, saint petersburg, and clearwater. You just saw bill w...

That storm surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. Ill be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbcs meteorologist. Nbc news meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida? this is when all the damage is happening. We cant show you where the worst storm surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot storm surge in sarasota. As we go down the coa...

Out of florida, millions of people under threat from monster size hurricane milton. That powerful category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a barrier island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating storm surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administrati...

Biggest storm of the century could make landfall within the hour. Live images from st. Petersburg on your screen right now, you see our bill weir there in that picture. Hell be with us in a moment hurricane milton now on a much faster track toward land, expected to hit florida with 150 mile an hour wind gusts and a destructive storm surge. Conditions deteriorating by the minute officials now saying it is no longer safe to be outside. And lets show you what it looks like on the roads already floo...

Carley: 6:00 a. M. On the east coast, this is fox & friends. Ainsley: we start with a fox weather alert, millions of our friends fleeing florida as a cat 5 hurricane, hurricane milton is barreling toward that state. And janice dean is here with what you need to know before time runs out. And while americans are scrambling, vice president harris decided to crack some jokes and open up a beer with stephen colbert just a few blocks away. Would you like to have a beer with me. Okay. The last time i ...

Is going to be different here just so the difference what they are used to and what this will be as a way to hopefully give them more encouragement and know they need to get out there to speak with thank you, madame vice president. We have been emphasizing size and intensity of the storm which is unusual and really raises that storm surge risk for the west coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes west coast florida south/southeast parallel to the coach, coast and raises the storm surge risk...

Coast, with heavy rain and strong winds. A record storm surge, up to 13 feet possible. Already tonight here, an outbreak of tornadoes. More than 20 reported tornadoes touching down already. A confirmed tornado crossing i75. And the images of one tornado tonight tearing right through a neighborhood. You can see everything as it goes dark. Tonight here, my interview with the hurricane hunters flying right into this hurricane what they want you to know about the strength of this storm. Tonight, aut...

Hurried preparations, theres also a new worry. Limited resources. Gas stations literally running on empty, and grocery store shelves picked clean. Nbcs marisa is joining us from tampa. Jay gray is standing by in ft. Myers. And meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the storm for us. The track of this storm has shifted slightly since yesterday. Where do we expect landfall now? yeah, this has kind of wobbled back and forth, ten miles north or south. As we go throughout time, we are anticipati...

Keep it here on msnbc. Well be here throughout the storm for you and ill see you here tomorrow, same time, same place. For now, im ana cabrera reporting from new york. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. 11:00 a. M. Eastern, 8:00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with breaking news. Hurricane milton closing in on floridas gulf coast, expected to make landfall early tomorrow as a devastating major hurricane. Right now, milton is a category 4 storm, churning 10...