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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...

Fort myers beach, in florida. You can see those high winds and heavy rains beginning to lash the coast there in fort myers. You can see how much the camera is shaking with the wind there, and obviously large waves — warned of storm surges and rising water levels, as you can see coming up over the beach and onto the barriers, and beyond. This is from a short time ago in fort myers. You can see the before and after of water coming up over this hotel pool. Quite dramatic there. And just to show how dangerous this storm is, even with the storm still offshore, it is already causing damage. It has...

Thank you all for being here this morning. Thanks to all of you for joining us as well. I'm kasie hunt. Don't go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now hurricane milton is now a category five storm closing in on on florida's 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 alle...

An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the west coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. I'm bill hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana: you are missed but glad you're there. This is america's newsroom, i'm dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill: you know, i think it is storm 21. I'm back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting e...

People in the area have been told to evacuate with the mayor of tampa saying with the mayor of tampa saying if you stay, you will die. If you stay, you will die. Long queues of traffic have long queues of traffic have been seen on the highway been seen on the highway as people try to leave before as people try to leave before the storm hits. The storm hits. Fifty one florida counties Fifty One florida counties are under a State Of Emergency are under a state of Emergency Ani and 202 Health Care Ani and 202 Health Care facilities have been facilities have been and 202 Health Care and 202 Health...