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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 actuall...

Following breaking news as a monster hurricane. Milton is just just hours away from making landfall on floridas west coast. Its already making its presence known through winds and rain and bringing florida, its most tornado watch mornings in a day on record, 90 tornado warnings and counting, youre looking at one of them. One of those tornadoes crossing and i75, heres a tower cam that was airing im on cnn affiliate woio and kay as a reported tornado tore through matlab shaye. If you want to under...

ripped through the state as a powerful category 4 storm. almost a category 5. the highest, most powerful kind of you hurricane there is. sheriffs deputies in sarasota county are going door-to-door right now in the hidden river community warning neighbors about the potential for flooding because of a possible levee break. days after the storm, the effects still being felt across the sunshine state. meantime, more than 1.2 million floridians are without power. officials say its unclear w...

southwest florida as a category 4 hurricane, making it the most powerful storm to ever hit that area of the state. the death toll now standing at 45, but that number could rise as crews reach areas cut off by flooding. people who chose to ride out the storm describe their harrowing experiences. >> the water was up to my balcony here. it was just you could dive off the balcony. just water everywhere, stuff floating on it. i never stay again. they say evacuate, go. >> right now the remna...

miles per hour. those winds caused storm surges. a major hazard for this low-lying region. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida remain without electricity. as of late yesterday, parts of the county, where i am now, where it made landfall, they did not have access to clean drinking water. many people have no running water whatsoever. it is hard to know exactly how many people are displaced right now. officials estimate that it is in the tens of thousands. at least 3...

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Im a native floridian so ive been to hurricane charlie, ive been through many hurricanes, this is by far the worst one. >> tell me about your situation now in terms of power, water, and light. power, water, and gas? >> yesterday we waited in line for four hours to get gas. we were able to get gas and start of the generator there. because we live in tampa, my husband and i drove up here to see what our house looks like. our porch is kind of wrapped, but other than that it is okay. we dont have po...

Lee county. last we heard there were 16 as we look at before and after photographs of that area in sanibel. clearly, the second photograph just entire buildings, communities raised from the ground. do you have an update on the number of fatalities? >> no, they come out every night. we coordinate with the department of health. they go through the process to ensure what we have and what was the reason for it as we go through the autopsies. thats published every day. the number you have is yesterda...