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 actually impact which part gets hit the hardest, and to make matters worse, the area, as you know, is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Just to show you how strong this storm is, take a look at this video showing no current and hunters that are flying inside of milton, the turbulence is so severe their belongings are actually being tossed all across the airplane. And heres The View from even higher up in space in space itself a Nasa Astronaut sharing this time lapse that captures the growing size
Carley 6 00 a. M. On the East Coast, this is Fox Friends. Ainsley we start with a Fox Weather alert, millions of our friends fleeing florida as a cat 5 hurricane, Hurricane Milton is barreling toward that state. And Janice Dean is here with what you need to know before time runs out. And while americans are scrambling, Vice President harris decided to crack some jokes and open up a beer with Stephen Colbert just a few blocks away. Would you like to have a beer with me. Okay. The last time i had beer was at a Baseball Game with doug. Okay. Cheers. There you go. [laughter] [cheers] steve okay. Plus the fbi has foiled an afghan Nationals Plot to launch an Election Day Terror attack. How he got into the country with the help of the biden harris administration. Fox friends for this very busy wednesday starts right now. Steve our top story, Fox Weather alert. Hurricane milton expected to make landfall along floridas west Gulf Coast. Ainsley millions are evacuating as communities are rushing
Being taken care of. And it really is its unamerican, it really is. People are scared to death. People know their lives are at stake, all that theyve worked for, all that they own, all that they value. President Joe Biden Yesterday addressing misinformation on Helene Recovery efforts spread by Donald Trump and his allies. And that comes as Hurricane Milton is gaining strengthen in the gulf and expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. Well have the latest Storm Track and a live report from florida straight ahead. Plus, a new book by longtime journalist, Bob Woodward, is putting Donald Trumps relationship with russian president vladimir putin back in the spotlight. And meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris continues her media blitz, making more high profile appearances with now less than four weeks until election day. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 9th. We are now 27 days until the president ial election. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for start
Going to be different . 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 . Thank you, Madam Vice President. Yes, we are emphasizing the Size And Intensity of the storm and the direction at which its approaching which is unusual and really raises that Storm Surge Risk for the West Coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the West Coast of florida from the South Or Southeast parallel to the coast. This track, more perpendicular to the coast raises the Storm Surge Risk. And the size of the storm is going to produce hazardous impacts across much of the peninsula. So, weve been hitting the surge risks on both coasts, and flooding and tornadoes, trying to emphasize the Scale And Breadth of the threat which is somewhat unusual for milton. Thank you. Thank you for your good work. Mike, one more question yes, sir. For people listening, what is the width from the state of
New information tonight on multiple phone calls between vladimir putin and former president trump s since he left office. The details well, from bob woodward in his latest book good evening. We start tonight with hurricane milton gaining strength at this moment and headed toward tampa, florida region still reeling from hurricane helene and that tonight for the second time in nearly as many weeks is expecting record storm surge, roads are jammed, gas running low in the area are not available in some places i want to show you something you don t see too often in florida. Take a look that treasure island near tampa and st. Petersburg. And your ghost town after people evacuated, one person who is there are boris sanchez will check in with him shortly an astronaut aboard the space spacex capsule published this timelapse video today, giving some idea of the sheer size of this storm and the like lifethreatening trouble at represents president biden today warned that this could be one of the w