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. Im Bill Hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana you are missed but glad youre there. This is americas newsroom, im 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. Im back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting earlier today there will be a part of the West Coast of florida that will have a Storm Surge of eight to ten feet. Think about that now. Those low lying Barrier Islands that have been so built up over the past 50 years. The Population Increase on the West Coast of florida. This is going to be a doozy. Experts describe milton as a once in a Century Storm and folks in tampa are taking heed. Very tough. We r
Is going to be different here just so the difference what they are used to and what this will be as a way to hopefully give them more encouragement and know they need to get out there to speak with thank you, madame Vice President. We have been emphasizing Size And Intensity of the storm which is unusual and really raises that Storm Surge Risk for the West Coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes west Coast Florida South Southeast Parallel to the coach, coast and raises the Storm Surge Risk and size of the storm will produce hazardous impacts across much of the peninsula. But the Surge Risk on both coasts of hurricaneforce winds and Flooding Rain Fall threat and tornadoes to try to reemphasize the Scale And Breadth of the threat which is somewhat unusual for milton. Thank you and thank you for your work. For people listening, what is the width of the state of florida from Tampa Bay Area across to sebastian and in that area, Palm Beach . What kind of distance are we talking about .
Stores are closed. A lot of velocity, it will bring a lot of hazards, a lot of damage. They conditions are getting worse by the minute. This is already happening. Here it is, it is on the ground. We need to prepare for catastrophic impacts. Neil get ready because it is almost on, Tampa And Fort myers, as florida braces for impact. Hurricane milton becoming category three storm ours away from making landfall. The outer bands are already hitting, dropping from airports and military bases, schools and colleges and Theme Parks are closed as this Monster Moves in. Millions in its path or heading out, they got the warnings. Welcome everybody, im neil cavuto. Category three storm now still dangerous, twice the size of what it was yesterday at this time. Go to Steve Harrigan in tampa with more. Reporter hello neil, it is picking up here right now. To my right, wonder if it will go flying i cannot imagine anybody getting into their car at this point with this wind and rain. We just thought two
It is a category for Trans Storm Aunt Storm Surge Head up to 15 feet and heavy rainfall and devastating winds will make it a lifethreatening event. Milton makes landfall and that is expected tonight. John that we hours of the morning and we are awaiting an update from the White House on that old Government Response and warning people get out now before it is also so late. We lead tonight around 11 00, midnight, early Thursday Morning and has picked up speed so just know they are less than 24 hours out from actually less than 12 hours out. That will happen south of the Eye Wall will likely lead to the most significant Storm Surge. Speak of this will be a storm of historic proportions with wind, water, rain. Sandra all right, guys, hello, welcome and for smith in New York and here we go again. This looks like it could be really bad and some of the worst florida has seen in a century. Spill in the next 1218 hours are critical for the people in the sunshine states. Lived in washington and
Developments, but we begin at the Weather Map with al roker. As if the threat of this potentially historic Storm Isnt enough, were already seeing tornadoes. Thats right. And this was kind of the worst case scenario, chris, because we were talking about this for the last two days. We were going to see these tornadoes, especially as it approached, and sure enough thats what happened. Lets show you what weve got going on right now. As far as our map is concerned, we are looking at a category 4 storm. 150 miles now southwest of tampa. Its got 130 miles per hour winds. Its moving northeast at 16 miles per hour. Now, as we look, you can see we have Tornado Watches now from Daytona Beach all the way down to key west. Weve had reports of 50 tornadoes so far in the last couple of hours. And now we have numerous, multiple Tornado Warnings going on to the west, i should say the east of tampa and sarasota, to the west of West Palm Beach, and right between West Palm Beach and Fort Myers. These are