Out of florida, millions of people under threat from Monster Size Hurricane milton. That powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a Barrier Island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating Storm Surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
Location near you see llf bk. Com you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We do begin the hour with Breaking News as yet another powerful Hurricane Barrels towards florida. There it is. Milton is now now a category four, and its getting stronger quickly. Its aiming directly at the Tampa Bay Area and could become a category five storm at some point, officials are warning of lifethreatening Storm Surge and damaging winds to communities still picking up the pieces from helene, florida governor Ron Desantis gave this warning just moments ago. We need as much of this debris picked up as possible. This creates a Safety Hazard and it also will increase the damage that milton could do with flying debris cnns derek Van Dam joins us now, derek the governor said it right there. You got to have another Path Powerful Hurricane Come in and slam the coast and lift up this Debris And Flight in 100 different directions. That that does sound like a scary situation for the resident
As President Biden says hed think about how close are we to full blown regional war . That on of the day when the government commits billions to green energy, Car Manufacturers warn demand is waning. Is keir starmer s green Growth Push leaving the public behind . Welcome to newsnight, home to the best insight, analysis and interviews From home and abroad. Well come later to the governments green Growth Agenda and where public opinion lies, and were following up on Last Nights lively discussion about the Chagos Islands with a chagossian. But first, as thejewish holiday of rosh hashanah ends, the choices made by israeli Pm Benjamin Netanhayu on the nature of Israels Response to Irans Missile Barrage will start to become clear. We want to take stock of where this middle East Conflict is heading as we enter the weekend. On newsnight tonight, gabriel gatehouse, the award winning host of the coming storm podcast, afsin shahi, middle East Expert From the university of keele, and laura trevely
Devastating impact from helena and a strike that is threatening to compounded, a warning from the Homeland Security folks that fema does not have enough funds to deal with it, First To Georgia where president Joe Biden is set to survey the damage and make remarks this hour. Welcome, im neil cavuto. Lets go to Lucas Tomlinson in georgia, what we are likely to here as the president visits the hardest Hit States and towns from helene. What do you have . Reporter good afternoon. President biden has just arrived here, to receive an operational update and or the damage. It is notable that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp wasnt your degree to president. As you mentioned, bidens a Dhs Chief says hes running out of money. We are meeting immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We dont have the funds, fema doesnt have the funds to make it through the season. Reporter earlier today, President Biden arrived on Air Force one in tallahassee, florida, the St
Back to. Norah and its debate night. Senator j. D. Vance and governor Tim Walz go headtohead for the first and only time. A Special Edition of the cbs evening news, from the new York Debate stage, starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for joining us from the Cbs News Debate Stage. A bit later this evening, the two men vying to become Vice President of the United States will meet on this stage to debate a number of issues that are profoundly important to americans and the world. And tonight, the world is holding its breath over the fear of a much wider Middle East war, after iran launched a new attack on israel. Incoming ballistic missiles filled the Night Sky over israel. More than during irans previous attack in april. Many of them were shot down by israel and by the u. S. Navy on President Bidens orders. The iranians say the barrage was in retaliation for a recent israeli attacks, including the aerial assault that killed most of hezbollahs leadership. Israel now