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Right now on Ana Cabrera reports, Breaking News, as florida readies for a direct hit from a monster storm. Mass evacuations and urgent preparations as Hurricane Milton charges through the gulf. Were in tampa, a city that could see its worst storm in a century. The president expected to speak from the White House in just minutes as the nation sees two historic backtoback storms, well carry those remarks live. Also ahead, misinformation about the response to helene embroils the 2024 race. Vp harri...

The state of California has authorized $3 million in disaster relief aid for Humboldt County residents impacted by the magnitude 6.4 earthquake Dec. 20 and...

Senate Majority Leader Mike McGuire, Assemblymember Jim Wood, the State Office of Emergency Services and the California Department of Housing & Community Development have announced $3 million in available funding to aid residents impacted by the December 20 and January 1 earthquakes. The relief fund

Theyre going to focus right now on the governors team supporting the governor, but as this event goes on, youll see more and more fema presence, especially when they get on the ground and start going door-to-door on assistance that may be available. but right now, its moving things such as commodities, search and rescue teams, communications, anything the governors team may need to support search and rescue operations and femas also going to be starting the second part of this is, what are going...

Theyre prepared? >> it is. its all about the work that you do in nonstorm times, building relationships and forming partnerships. theyve done great. the governors are proactive. its not just the state emergency managers. its the is the partners that each state can bring to bear. >> neil: and youre modest about it. thanks for taking the time, sir. >> thank you. >> neil: meantime, all flights in and out of jacksonville, florida, grounded. in orlando, planning to reopen. an update after this. as so...

Hurricane dorian is moving 2 miles an hour northwest. we just went through a full brief at the national response coordination center in fema with all the state emergency managers. everybody is well-prepared for the storm. theyve been working on evacuations for several days now. 27 counties, six million people affected, a ton of assets and supplies and resources, shelters all standing by for any impacts from the storm along the coastline that you showed. >> shepard: mr. secretary, when is the las...

>> you can rebuild houses, you cant rebuild lives. my biggest concern is people look at that path and say its not going to hit florida, its going to go up and hit someplace else. even if it does hit florida and we get that storm surge, its deadly. >> its about to get started again. >> you really need to heed the advice of your local and state emergency managers. you need to take action now. if youre at risk, if youve given mandatory evacuation orders, you should not try to tough it out, you shou...

Were talking to the emergency managers. i just cant explain how, what a tight relationship, close relationship noaa has and the weather service with fema, the state emergency managers, the governors and also the local and county managers up there. theyre our partners, and were all in this together. that concludes my briefing, mr. president. >> could i just ask you, two days ago we were given a really comprehensive briefing, and they seemed the think almost every prediction was that it was going ...

Evacuations? >> if i could just talk to that a little bit, having been a former local and state director, the best advice i could give residents of florida and south georgia is to tune into your local county and state emergency managers. they have the best edadvice for you. they tell you to evacuate and shelter in place. again, take that time now to take all those actions now so you keep your family and yourself safe. >> every storm is different and has its unique and uniquely dangerous characte...

Flash flooding, and we want to make sure people are aware of that, and do everything they can to prepare themselves and their family. >> so how do you prepare? whats the best way to go about this? >> the best way is to download the fema app. lots of resources on there to help prepare you and your family. you can also look locally to your local emergency managers, or your state emergency managers for local apps. plenty of resources out there to get you and your family prepared now. >> but if your...