Wind Effects News Today

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...

>> this is all we had. >> we lost everything. were with not one single thing. >> everything gone. tens of thousands of floridians will sleep in shelters tonight following the devastation of hurricane ian, which has now made landfall in south carolina. also tonight, putins illegal annexation. hes unhinged, and hes dangerous. so how should the world respond? >> plus, the supreme court welcomes justice ketanji brown jackson ahead of what is expected to be another perilous term. >> its abo...

today. authorities first responders and volunteers awaiting opportunity to rescue those in need and we are told theres many who need need. more than 2 million people without power as the damage assessments either are beginning or are about to begin. weve got team coverage with fox contributor -- beginning west where hurricane ian is headed. good evening. >> hickam a trace. since we last spoke, the amount of people without power in orange county is more than double. overy 69,000 without...

See some wind pushing that direction. that needs to go somewhere. thats when you can get a wind tunnel effects. it can help fan the fire and make them spread really quick. thats whats been happening. these are some of the winds. higher winds in the southern part of the state. currently 15 - 20 miles per hour. some getting up to 40 and 50 miles per hour continuing to spread the fires. a little bit of good news, the wind effects down as we get into monday. it doesnt stop entirely. well see that wh...

Getting bigger wind effects than we have today, at least some of the bigger winds are coming your way. weve had gusts near 100 and category 1 winds sustained for a bigger time today. and one of the things were worried about besides the wind which took the power out here probably seven hours ago or so, those trees keep coming down and weve seen building damage, too, with ceilings having caved in and outside the buildings being damaged. but our biggest concern as will be yours soon is the surge. t...

>> thats great, cal, that just tells the story. >> this is why people move there, right? >> that is the tip of the spear that is going to be the first ground contact of this storm. >> the top of those hotels are the only spot that is higher than 10 to 15 feet. i mean -- >> right. as you know, a high-rise building can actually change a category in a storm. because youve got higher wind effects. >> youre safe in the high rises in interior rooms but yeah, the winds will be higher. >> to the other c...

Important thing about this storm. up here in new orleans, biloxi, mobile, up there. look at the timing here. if it is on track and becomes a hurricane later today, then we are going to look at the morning hours so here we are, tomorrow morning with the center here, but the wind effects already affecting the coast and at that point, water is being piled there into the area to the east of new orleans and then by evening, its right near new orleans, its still there wednesday morning. so a long dura...