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 administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
Set to make landfall in florida roughly 24 hours from now, weve just gotten a new advisory this very Hour Milton is currently moving towards floridas gulf coast, tracking towards the Sarasota Area and potentially inching even further south and its going to get a lot bigger before it gets there. That means a life lifethreatening Storm Surge potentially reaching up to 15 feet but this hurricane is going to impact the entire state. Everyone on edge because any wobble in its trajectory could actually impact which part gets hit the hardest, and to make matters worse, the area, as you know, is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Just to show you how strong this storm is, take a look at this video showing no current and hunters that are flying inside of milton, the turbulence is so severe their belongings are actually being tossed all across the airplane. And heres The View from even higher up in space in space itself a Nasa Astronaut sharing this time lapse that captures the growing size
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Everyone. Im Judge Jeanine Pirro along with jessica tarlov, jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new york city, and this is the five. Fox news alert. Officials say time is running out for millions as the onceinalifetime Hurricane Milton ferociously charges towards florida, and is expected to make landfall as soon as tonight. Lets go right to steve harrigan. He is out in tampa, florida. Steve . Judge, it is really pounding now, the heaviest rain we have seen so far. Expect to get anywhere from 61t with a Storm Surge that could be anywhere from 1015 feet and wins that are gusting now, we are not seeing any trees snapped but certainly starting to bend. A Worstcase Scenario for this storm would be if it were to hit just north of tampa. Keep in mind, thats tormented so much damage two weeks ago hit next to a town in florida that had a population of just 6,000. Now we are talking about a storm that might have a bullseye on an area of 3. 3 Million. And when you talk to pe
Damaging winds, and up to 13 feet of lifethreatening Storm Surge. President biden warning, it looks like The Storm of the century. Officials fearing the impact could reshape floridas coastline. Millions urged or ordered to evacuate. The highways jammed. Many Gas Stations running out. The national Weather Service Warning now is the time to shelter in place. Our full Team Coverage here in florida and Al Roker with a new track as we come on the air. Also tonight, The Storm impacting the race for the white house. Fema racing to reassure those in Miltons Path on the heels of the devastation from Hurricane Helene. Kamala harris slamming Donald Trump over the misinformation hes spreading about The Storm response. Plus, going out with a bang. One of the oldest hotel casinos on the Vegas Strip brought tumbling down as the city makes way for a big, new gamble. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News reporting tonight from floridas gulf coast. Here is lester holt. Good evening from tampa. Hurricane mi