That Storm Surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. Ill be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbcs meteorologist. Nbc News Meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida . This is when all the damage is happening. We cant show you where the worst Storm Surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot Storm Surge in sarasota. As we go down the coast, all the way to naples, its been at least five to six foot Storm Surge. That is higher than helene in most cases so we have new significant damage that is being done tonight. As the storm is moving inland. The winds are still pushing that water against the coast. It is still rushing in. The other thing you will notice, the black line is the center. Just north of the center which has been the past five hours over tampa, torrential rain. We are talking two to three inches per hour. Now that is starting to slide along i4. That will head toward Winter Haven and south of orlando. You can see, very rare i get this purple on the map. Cam pa, your Rainfall Rate will slowly diminish. You could end up with maybe a foot, footandahalf f orion. That is why you are under a Flash Flood Emergency in the tampa area. Saint petersburg included in that. So our Storm Surge, we have a couple of gauges giving us readings. We know further up closer to the center. Right in here, venice, sarasota. Thats where the peak of the surge has occurred. It is happening now. Headed toward High Tide so the water is rushing in. And we get the damaging waves on top of it. Huge concerns for Tampa Bay going into this storm. These are negative numbers because the wind is still blowing out. Notice that the wind is now starting to shift. And stephanie was saying some of the water will return. But it will not be a huge Storm Surge. It will be returning back to normal. We are at 1. 2 million people without power. Some of the highest gusts we have seen, bradenton, 96, saint petersburg, 96. When you get the 90 Mileper Hour Wind gusts you are getting roof damage. You are getting the Gas Station signs, things like that blowing around. But you are also getting significant Tree Damage falling on houses, power lines, cars, and that will be widespread all through the sarasota area. Headed up to tampa. Here is our flash flood warning. You run from the water but you cant evacuate when you are inland. Tonight, water will be a problem if you are near any small rivers or creeks, they are not going to drain. Because it is so windy, first responders will not be going out. The storm is now east of sarasota. We think it will go just south of orlando. Around 4 00 a. M. , 5 00 a. M. And off the coast. This storm is gone by 10 00 a. M. We will have a very good idea of just how bad the storm was. Probably by midmorning or so. That is when it will be safe enough for the helicopters to fly. Well come back to you for updates during this hour, we are headed to nbc correspondent Jesse Kirsch in sarasota, florida. Whats the situation there now . Reporter lawrence, about 90 minutes ago it was silent out here. I could hear birds chirping. Look at it now. We are just blocks from the Sarasota Bay and we are almost entirely it seems on an island right now. I say almost entirely because i cannot confirm for sure on one side of this building for our own safetys sake. We are surrounded by water on this ramp. You can see all the leaves, all the Palm Trees blowing around with the Rain Whipping around as well. One of the stories of this storm is it is not just about Storm Surge and wind. It is about the debris left over from helene. That is why we are inside a barrage i will show you the main road here in downtown sarasota. It gives you an idea of how much water has rushed inland. You see the side of a Stop Sign partially covered. The side of a street sign. Off in the distance, thats the main road in downtown sarasota. We can see water rippling. That means there is water very much in downtown sarasota. Well head back over to our main position because that is our little fortified corner here. All of that debris is left over. Only 50 was collected even with a 24 7 operation. That is how much Damage Helene had done. Here in sarasota, we were looking at potentially twice as much Storm Surge compared to helene with milton on its way. And this is the scene again. We have this little corner set up so we have protection from the flying debris. The top of this Parking Deck there was some kind of piece of metal siding. So the threat from debris is very much real. And you can see all this water. It is almost over the lip of what is supposed to be the first floor of a Parking Deck. And we have seen flashes of green light suggesting that transformers are bursting. It appears that power has gone out. We are in the backside of the eye wall. 90 minutes ago it was serene here. Cars streaming their tires. Now, it is not a place to be outside. When we are aiming your camera down at that water, what would you estimate the depth of that water to be . Reporter yeah, its hard to know for sure, lawrence, but this is a ramp. So this is not flat ground. So if it looks shallow on one end, it is not so on the other. I mean, certainly it has to be a couple of feet lawrence. It is hard to give you a clear estimation because of how bark it is. Even in the sections with light. Another piece of siding lying on the deck. Even with the lights, that are showing, i cant see the bottom right . The water. And obviously it is not clear water either. But it is deep enough that i cannot tell where the tile is down there. Certainly, lawrence, if you look at lets say the trunk of a typical car, i dont know, a couple of feet off the ground, you look at that white siding down there at The Edge, thats a Parking Garage. Thats the first floor of a Parking Garage and the water has almost come up to The Edge of that first level. And gone over the top. It is enough water i saw a Trash Can, a large Trash Can like the kind you put at The End of a street. One was floating in there. So tough to give you a firm number. It is just, the amount that there is right . That it is pouring over and filling this much of the street. And overwhelming the Storm Drain System over here. Jesse, i saw your coverage earlier tonight when the Eye Of The Hurricane passed over you. Actually the calmest point in the storm. And it has that illusion for people that it is over. But this is what happens after the eye. Reporter yeah, absolutely. And the problem is if you go out in the middle of the eye, you dont know exactly when it will end and we will get a powerful pop of wind right now. Im sure you can hear it and see it and look at all the Water Flying off the side of the Parking Deck. You can see the force of the winds and the leaves and debris flying around. You dont know when it is going to end. It goes like that. We started hearing the Breeze Pick back up. Before you know it, the top of the 9 00 p. M. Hour, we had gone from serene quiet to the winds picking back up and here we are now about 90 minutes later so if you venture out in the middle of that, you dont know when you need to get back inside. We knew the backside would be the worst portion of the storm. This is where you see the biggest threat from the wind and the Storm Surge so this is not the side to be out and playing with. But if there is a Silver Lining or a thing of hope here, it is that we have heard from the county they have had close to 10,000 people showing up at shelters in Sarasota County alone and that is the highest volume of people they have seen showing up in their shelters. People are taking this storm seriously in a different kind of way. Because it is less than two weeks since helene made landfall. I saw waist High Water in one gentlemans home from the storm that was supposed to be half the Storm Surge of this one, that was a Wakeup Call for those who might have been on The Edge about evacuation. Hopefully more people have left. If they are still in the zones and have somehow managed to survive the Storm Surge as it comes in, no first responders will be coming for them for a while. Because the city tells us their officers have been off the streets a couple of hours because of the wind gusts. I cant tell how much water is out on the causeway. Or beyond on the Barrier Islands but presumably, you couldnt even drive through any of this right now. Jesse kirsch, thank you very much. We will come back to you as the situation develops there. And joining us now is Nbc News correspondent marissa parra. From tampa. Whats the situation there now . Reporter hey lawrence. I want to point out what we can see. We are also taking Safety Precautions that we will illustrate for you in just a moment. You can see the wind gusts, look at those trees behind me, the best indicater for how strong the wind is. And we are not going out there. We are trying to keep our crew and ourselves safe. Trying to practice what we preach here. It is not safe. There is a reason first responders have in several counties suspended their rescue operation. They are hunkering down. This is something that we knew we were warned in advance that was going to be a likely possibility. Because of all of that debris. Governor Ron Desantis said only 50 of that debris was clear. It takes months to clear that kind of debris after a hurricane like helene. They had days. The workers had to evacuate themselves. This is why they are saying it is too dangerous to evacuate. Those wind gusts, you dont want to drive in those kinds of conditions. We have seen so many mandatory evacuation zones. The same ones we know first responders had a difficult time evacuating people from. Whether it is Pinellas County where we are, or Hillsborough County where tampa is. There is pushback first responders were finding. They told me they did not see the same this time. It is a Ghost Town in those zone a, zone b. The highest risk of flooding and Storm Surge. The shelters here, they are swelling up. We heard from the Florida Division of Emergency Management say 100,000 people are believed to be in the shelters around the state. In fact, where we are right now, Hillsborough County, six of the two dozen shelters are at full capacity. But obviously, there is still Space And Plenty of those shelters and i will tell you right now. When we talk about the importance of taking precautions i want to show you what our situation looks like. We can easily take cover. We are flanked by walls on either side. This is a hotel on this side of us. Over here is where we can take shelter if we have to. Conditions gets too bad. And these lights here, it wasnt even within maybe the last 30 minutes lawrence. They were starting to flicker. 1. 2million people without power in the state of florida. We see plenty of instances of power outages. We know this is something a lot of people are seeing we might soon be among those. Lawrence . Nbcs marissa parra, thank you so much for that report. Nearly 6 Million people are under a mandatory evacuation order, floridas Emergency Management official says it is the largest Evacuation Florida has seen since Hurricane Irma in 2017. And, Florida Resident Donald trumps lies about the federal Government Response to Hurricanes Helene and Hurricane Milton are makeing the situation worse. Today President Biden said this. The last few week haves been reckless and irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies about whats going on. It is undermining the confidence of people in florida. And the incredible Rescue Work undertaken. There are thousands of fellow americans who are putting their lives on the line to do the dangerous work that needs to be done now. And it is harmful to those who most need the help. These lies are unamerican and there is simply no place for them. Not now, not ever. Former President Trump has led this onslaught of lies. Assertions are made that properties are been confiscated. That is not true. That people are receiving 750 in cash and no more. That is simply not true either. Money needed for the crises are being diverted to Migrant Ins what the heck are they talking about . Stop it. Its outrageous, its just not true. The claims are getting more bizarre. Marjorie taylor greene, the congresswoman from georgia is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weatherment were controlling the weather. Its beyond ridiculous. Its so stupid. Its got to stop. Today, Vice President harris joined President Biden for a briefing before she traveled to nevada this afternoon. Vice president harris called into cnn and the Weather Channel hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall. I have spoken with local officials who have been struck for example by hurricane helene. And they are doing an extraordinary job in trying to combat the misinformation. Im talking about sheriffs and mayors and im talking local officials. I dont even know their Party Affiliation by the way. Leaders on the ground who know it is not in the best interest of the people living in those areas to not know their rights, not to know what they are entitled to and to be afraid of seeking help. It is dangerous. It is unconscionable frankly that anybody who would consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people to the point those desperate people would not receive the aid to which they were entitled. Sadly, there are some folks who during the moment of a crisis will be very predatory and start jacking up prices like gasoline or hotels. Or airlines. To take advantage of the desperation people are experiencing so anybody who is thinking about jacking up those prices, those companies that are thinking about doing it, know we are monitoring and we are launching and there is that kind of Price Gouging that there will be a consequence for that. Our next guest, Florida Congressman Maxwell frost represents orlando which is expected to get as much as 15 inches of rain. Yesterday, Congressman Frost joined the national Ocean Inand atmospheric Administrations Hurricane hunters and flew directly into Hurricane Milton. It was a life changing experience. Flying through a hurricane, seeing things up close. But also, just showed me firsthand how important the Work Noaa does. Getting to spend hours with the scientists, i learned so much about the work they do in the airplane and the work they do in gathering that data is what helps us Save Lives. Helpswith evacuation orders. What it looks like, the type of devastation it will cause. Joining us now is congressman maxwell frost. A member of the Harris Walz national advisory board. Congressman, what did you learn yesterday that has changed the way you are witnessing this Hurricane Tonight . Im here in orlando where a few hours away of getting the serious part of the storm. We have had Rain And Wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour or so far. Being on that plane a few days ago was very enlightening and educational. Seeing all the models. We have great technology now. But there are still Data Points