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Bill: thank you sean we are live here as milton is a major storm here in central and western and eastern florida tonight. Hurricane milton battering florida moving on shore making landfall as a category three storm 90 minutes ago downgraded earlier from a category five in the gulf of mexico. Lifethreatening storm with a surge upwards of 10 feet expected in several areas of the west coast. And its a very fierce. Weve got live coverage we will get to it right now. Steve has been in tampa all day a...

punta gorda. trees whipping, winds topping 130 miles an hour. across florida there are people trapped in their homes. entire homes being flooded out, people swimming inside. one city hit hard is bonita springs. part of that city are now completely underwater. the storm surge has knocked homes completely off their foundations as well. and to the south of there, the city of naples cat 4 winds there have completely demolished buildings. look at how high up that -- obviously you never know...

Because the eye is east of us now. it should be relaxed in these winds, but it has been relentless. maybe its the slow nature of this storm. think about what it did when upon its arrival, another rapid intensification at the worst time possible, spinning itself up like a top and then releasing its energy in the form of cat 4 winds over 150 miles per hour. just an incredible gruesome and grueling day for the people and the residents who live here. we have seen transformers pop behind us, lighting...

Those transformers pop. we have team coverage all morning long. meteorologist janice dean is here in the studio. she has been tracking this storms path as you know. griff jenkins is live in folly beach, south carolina. but we start with aishah hasnie in charleston, south carolina where they are worried about the flood surge and aishah, its already started. >> it has. people are saying time is running out. guys, time is up. we are in the thick of it. this is where it begins. its raining down real...

proves me wrong. its unpredictable. you dont want to come out in there. theres the big gust. you dont want to come out in this. we saw people walking around and driving around. its not a good idea. stay home. stay inside. dont come outside. when you do, when the sun does come up, be careful driving around. there are so many trees down in this area. you never know when there will be a live power line involved with a tree being toppled. >> indeed. driving around may be severely compromis...

The surge coming up in new bern and washington and into the neuse river and the pimlico sound. maximum surge i found is 11 feet. that is where the forecast was located. emerald isle, surge is 6.8 feet. if your house is less than six feet above sea level, you are wet. i want to take you to a graphic. it really tells the story. this is the live radar. the nexrad level two. this is john berman. right there. thats wilmington. here is topsail beach. all the way up to emerald isle and morehead city. t...

Yesterday afternoon. just within the last hour, the gust, wind, rain, has all picked up. i know its tough to see right now, but theres just driving rain whipping around from the north and crossing over. were in melbourne, florida, just north a couple of miles of enter national airport and about four miles from the coast. as you can imagine, the wind is getting stronger. the sustained wind is getting stronger. some of the gusts that weve seen in this area have reached the 50, 55, possibly 60-mile...