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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...

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Taking aim at the state of florida. Residents are now being urged by authorities to shelter in place. Milton is projected to be a category three storm when it makes landfall. Forecasters say it's currently on track for the city of sarasota. The city of tampa is also near the path of the storm. Here's a live look now. This is fort myers beach in florida, you can see those powerful winds and lots of rain already striking the close there, and very large waves as well napping across the beach, you can see how windy it is. This storm expected to bring it's bringing winds of up to 120 miles per hour...

Strength. Let's have a look at fort myers. You can see the sea level warnings of the storm surge that will come as a result of the high winds as a result of the heavy rainfall that is expected, and you can see already just rainfall that is expected, and you can see alreadyjust how wild of those conditions look right there. It is on course to strike just out of the of sarasota. You can see it here beneath tampa bay on florida's west coast. Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive storms the region has ever seen. A few hours ago, the bbc spoke with the mayor of sarasota, liz al...