Thank you all for being here this morning. Thanks to All Of You for joining us as well. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now Hurricane Milton is now a category five Storm Closing in on on Floridas Gulf Coast hours away from landfall, possibly one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit that west central coast. One official warning residents in the Evacuation Zone this is not survivable. We have the latest up to the Minute Storm Track as some Gas Stations are running out of fuel and exclusive cnn reporting the cia struggling behind the scenes, facing allegations of sexual Assault And Harassment at The Agency. Im Kate Bolduan with john berman, Sara Sidner is out today this is cnn new central breaking news Hurricane Milton is closing in on florida as a catastrophic category five storm. It is poised to be one of the most destructive Natural Disasters in florida is history. Officials at just forecast the storm will hit as a category four along the West C
Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
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Good morning, motorcycle and ik. Im laura garcia. Lets talk about the cooldown, kari. Its been so nice to have the cooler weather around the bay area but also the air quality the other issue at times. It is looking very hazy and its not all that healthy to breathe it in. Especially in the north bay were still seeing a lot of the unhealthy air quality in the air. For the rest of the bay area its been decreasing as well. The spare the air alert has been extended as our temperatures remain comfortable. Still not safe for a lot of people to open up the windows and let cooler temperatures in. Ill be monitoring this. Well talk about whats ahead in the weekend forecast coming up. How is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Kari, the commute volume is light. Weve had a couple areas that are unusually slow. It should be changing. Look at the map, the first spot is hayward over on the right side of the screen. You see the icon as youre approaching 92, thats industrial boulevard. A crash an
Our highs at Half Moon Bay mid60s for San Francisco. Highs in the upper 60s and low 70s for the south bay as well as the north bay. We will continue on with weather like this for the weekend. Kari, a crash and no details yet in the palo alto area. On the right side this is what were concerned with getting away from the bay bridge south 880. Look how much it jams up around the bend past seven. Theres a crash and a lot of crews there. Three vehicles had to be removed after apparently a headon crash but no major injuries. We hope to see that clearing soon as we look at the rest of the approach. No backup. Back to you. President trump is already making plans after getting the all clear to return to Public Events tomorrow. This morning we learned hes not getting an award hes wanted for years. Today in the bays tracie potts is live in washington. No nobel peace prize, tracie. Reporter no, hes not on the list. We saw the names come out and hes talked about that for years because president oba