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Coast in a few hours. Tonight, milton expected to bring a mix of storm surge, high winds and power outages to communities across florida. More than 1 million people are under evacuation orders with local officials urging people in vulnerable zones to get to safety now. If you were as blunt as we have seen a public official be. If people stay in the evacuation zones and try to ride it out, they will die. Is that still your message this morning? wherever that storm surge comes, if its 10 to 15 fee...

Developments, but we begin at the weather map with al roker. As if the threat of this potentially historic storm isnt enough, were already seeing tornadoes. Thats right. And this was kind of the worst case scenario, chris, because we were talking about this for the last two days. We were going to see these tornadoes, especially as it approached, and sure enough thats what happened. Lets show you what weve got going on right now. As far as our map is concerned, we are looking at a category 4 stor...

Before making landfall earlier than expected tonight in florida. Forecast to bring up to 15 feet of lifethreatening storm surge to some regions, up to 18 inches of rain in areas like tampa, and catastrophic, sustained winds. At this hour, parts of florida are already feeling the effects as milton grows in size and moves closer to the west coast. More than 1 million people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thousands are still fleeing the state in search of higher ground, as the window to get...

in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in nashville, where key vote is likely tomorrow on one of the lawmakers expelled from the tennessee legislature, the national city council could vote on whether to send justin jones. you see right there, right back to his seat. he was one of the three state tennessee lawmakers, all democrats targeted by the gop supermajority. for their loud but peaceful protest on the house floor. they were demanding gun reform after ...

cia, the new warnings to china not to help russia in ukraine. and people are getting a first look at how bad the storms were. and a new decision of abortions today, and the impact could be immediate and nationwide. this is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here. im kate bolduan. the concern over china and ukraine tensions are growing every hour. first there was concern that china was going to provide russia with weapons to help with the war in ukraine. but the bid...

london. max foster is off today just ahead on cnn newsroom. because theyre not following democratic processes. thats why we felt that we had to break the wall. they rushed into it, and they rushed into a into a sinkhole. this is not america. what you saw by that one judge in that one court in that one state thats not america. a single judge can essentially undermine approval by the fda for other drugs. quite a bit of alarm among us officials, particularly at the pentagon, generates a l...

♪♪ hi there, everyone. Its 4:00 in new york. At this hour, millions of people along floridas gulf coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. The outer bands of hurricane milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10:00 p. M. Eastern and 2:00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high w...

In a matter of seconds, but the severe weather continues today. where are you watching? >> and the speed of those storms that he is talking about, and 65 or 70-mile-an-hour forward speed. not even alone with the tornado which is rain wrapped, and that is impossible to see which is a sheet of rain and the tornado is in the middle. yellow area of indiana and illinois, and this is on the ground not long ago in champaign, illinois. and it is a cold air funnel. it is so much cold air, it will want to...

Died. and we spoke to local authorities who said the destruction is about a mile long, 20 properties there significantly damaged, three completely destroyed. and west of there in union parish we know several people were left injured. thats what the storm can do. you look at the map and the area that could receive the severe weather extends from jackson, mississippi to louisiana, here in baton rouge, and as far east as tallahassee in florida. this is where people have to pay attention for the pos...

A huge tornado, it is back lit by lightning. what is that like in the middle of the night to hear that, to feel that? >> like i say every time, its indescribable. its something that people -- a lot of people dont take for granted, but mother nature is the most powerful thing on earth. and this storm was something that the roar -- i mean, it was so loud on top of -- i had very little rain when that storm went by. before it got to me, it was rain wrapped, and then the rain dissipated as it crossed...