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Barreling down the gulf coast straight into florida's west coast. 120mileanhour winds and violent water pummeling the bridge. And this is santa bell island where floodwaters appear to be swallowing a house. And in fort myers, a tornado rips through neighbourhoods, obliterating properties. The winds are ferocious, the storm churches unstoppable and floridians are worried. Let's go to her senior correspondent in tampa. Steve? jesse, we see rain come down in sheets. The wind is starting to pick up as well, we could see anywhere from 616 inches of rain here that has been going steady for the past ...

That storm surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. I'll be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbc's 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 can't 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, it's been at least five to six foot storm surge. That is higher than h...

Washington. A fox news alert. A massive hurricane that could be the most destructive in the history of the country is about to slam into florida. Hurricane milton could make landfall as early as 8:00 p. M. Eastern, exactly one hour from now. Now, the national weather service says the window to evacuate has closed. Shelter in place now. Tampa, fort myers and orlando are all expected to face lifethreatening impacts. Tornadoes have already been seen and many of florida's west coast beaches are at risk as well of being wiped out. Now, first responders in st. Petersburg have paused all operations. ...

More than a million people have been ordered to evacuate florida's west coast ahead of the arrival of hurricane milton. It's currently a category five storm, packing ferocious winds of up to 270 kilometres an hour. Forecasters say the storm is expected to make landfall in the next day, and that it has the potential to be one of the most destructive ever recorded in the region. The storm follows less than two weeks after another devastating hurricane, helene. Meteorologists say the damage done by the recent hurricane could leave the area more vulnerable to this far larger storm, as sand dunes h...

The evacuation process. It wasn't easy, first off. There was a lot of different variables, a lot of different factors that came into that decision. One of them was financial. Really don't know if we can come back or not. You know, if the storm hits really bad, you know, our area might be fine, but the pathway back down the home might not be. And to risk not having that cheque every week that we, you know, depend on, could just be a major issue down the line as well. Some people would think that maybe that's just the wrong way of thinking, but it's really hard to leave everything behind, pack e...