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 River here. Theres a lot of Palm Trees, a lot of these really large branches of these Palm Trees are just ripping off flying through the air and there are sort of littered all over the ground. I want to walk if i cant over here a little bit and show you the Manatee River is over here. And nellis, is that way. About ten minutes ago, we could see lights over in pinellas obscures me in palmetto, we dont see the lights over there anymore. I dont know if theyre still there and just the visibilities. So
News night begins right now Abby Philip alongside my colleague, Anderson Cooper, who is in the middle of Hurricane Milton, right now in florida, this Monster Storm making Landfall Tonight and it is right now rocking cities on floridas West Coast. Weve got our reporters fanned out at areas all across the state that are being hit the hardest tonight. But first, were going to go to anderson in braden town. Anderson anderson take it away. You are now seeing so much wind, so much rain. Tell us what youre experiencing bradenton this is a community that than was expecting a bad head and its certainly that is what we have been seeing over the last hour. Were right by The River and the water has really dropped i it started about an hour ago, right when Kaitlans Program started really, the water just started pouring over over the banks onto The Riverwalk. We moved off from that location this basically our crew is inside ive basically using this tree to block any of the branches and stuff that ha
A bit of Mist And Fog possible across some western areas early in the morning. Those temperatures not changing a great deal again, typically a cool 11 or 12. This is Bbc News. The latest headlines Hurricane Milton, the biggest storm to hit florida in a century, heads towards the coast. President biden warns residents to leave for safety. Already, dangerous tornadoes are developing over florida as the storm continues to approach. Deaths following Air Strikes on both sides of the border, as Israel And Hezbollah continue to exchange fire. And then there were two James Cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership race. Kemi Badenoch And Robertjenrick remain. The end of the Linejudge Why Modern Technology is bringing to an end nearly 150 years of tradition is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall on is bringing to an end nearly 150 Years Landfall to where we expect landfall to happen. Somewhere between Fort Myers and sarasota. They are about 77 miles apart, and just south of tampa,
Thank you all for being here this morning. Thanks to All Of You for joining us as well. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now Hurricane Milton is now a category five Storm Closing in on on Floridas Gulf Coast hours away from landfall, possibly one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit that west central coast. One official warning residents in the Evacuation Zone this is not survivable. We have the latest up to the Minute Storm Track as some Gas Stations are running out of fuel and exclusive cnn reporting the cia struggling behind the scenes, facing allegations of sexual Assault And Harassment at The Agency. Im Kate Bolduan with john berman, Sara Sidner is out today this is cnn new central breaking news Hurricane Milton is closing in on florida as a catastrophic category five storm. It is poised to be one of the most destructive Natural Disasters in florida is history. Officials at just forecast the storm will hit as a category four along the West C
Five hurricane just about a day right now, which stands at eight category four, and it is promising 40 plus called an hour winds for this region, as well as a deadly, deadly Storm Surge. I want to show you what he started to happen in Tampa Bay right now. The water has started to recede. These are easterly wave that is dragging water out typically the Water Line is much closer but through this spot right here the seawall in front of me, this recession is something you typically see was storms at some point, this will come flying back as a potential 15 foot Storm Surge in some parts its estimated to be somewhere between eight to 12 feet here in Tampa Bay. And that is what has officials very, very concerned this may be a category four storm, a very powerful one, but the Storm Surge is a category five and it is set to Shatter Records Set by Hurricane Helene wait only about two weeks ago at some of the debris from Hurricane Helene is still out in this area. You see here in this pier, a Pol