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Barreling down the gulf coast straight into floridas west coast. 120mileanhour winds and violent water pummeling the bridge. And this is santa bell island where floodwaters appear to be swallowing a house. And in fort myers, a tornado rips through neighbourhoods, obliterating properties. The winds are ferocious, the storm churches unstoppable and floridians are worried. Lets go to her senior correspondent in tampa. Steve? jesse, we see rain come down in sheets. The wind is starting to pick up as...

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Hello and welcome to todays verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge traffic jams across the state as more than 5 million people respond to evacuation orders ahead of hurricane milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live tra...

Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the north and east but later it will brighten up in the far north of the country and north of the far south with a few showers but it will turn colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida ahead of the arrival of hurricane milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 storm — the highest rating — and is expected to make landfall in...

Welcome back to bbc news. Lets get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the west coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of �*life and death. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the american red cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how theyve been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the american red cross has been on the groun...

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Florida is braced, for what many have described as the storm of the century. Our correspondents are there. We will speak to one resident who has decided to stay. And will they ever fully recover? in the wake of hurricane ian, 95% of the damage assessments, were downgraded by the insurance companies. This could be a disastrous 12 hours, for tens of thousands of american families. Welcome to the programme. There is driving wind and torrential rainfall that has already arrived in florida, several h...

Well ask why a political battle over the massive storm has started. And shock at westminster as james cleverly is knocked out of the tory leadership contest. Kemi badenoch and robertjenrick are the final two. What does it tell us about the future direction of the conservative party? good evening. Welcome to newsnight. In florida, time has run out for more than 5. 5 million people who were ordered to leave their homes as hurricane milton closes in. As we go on air, the storm surges have already b...

Long time and have experienced these storms many times, power you talking with them about how this is going to be different. And what and so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be as a way to hopefully give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out you thank you, madam vice president. Yes, weve been emphasizing the size and the intensity of the storm and the direction in which its approaching, which is unusual and really raises that storm surge risk for ...