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To bring high water to coastal communities, and several tornadoes have been sighted. There are also concerns that debris from hurricane helene — which struck the same region less than two weeks ago — may become airborne due to high winds, creating added danger. As we've mentioned, hurricane milton is now a category three storm as it collides with the coastline in sarasota county. The city of tampa is also in the path of the storm. Florida's governor ron desantis gave this update on the storm a few hours ago. At this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in pl...

Washington. A fox news alert. A massive hurricane that could be the most destructive in the history of the country is about to slam into florida. Hurricane milton could make landfall as early as 8:00 p. M. Eastern, exactly one hour from now. Now, the national weather service says the window to evacuate has closed. Shelter in place now. Tampa, fort myers and orlando are all expected to face lifethreatening impacts. Tornadoes have already been seen and many of florida's west coast beaches are at risk as well of being wiped out. Now, first responders in st. Petersburg have paused all operations. ...

>> reporter: we're looking at five tracks, but the most significant was across the macon county, lee county line. we're looking at possibly an ef-3 tornado, perhaps stronger. we're going to find out when we get down and do an onsite storm survey tomorrow. >> and i know there are teams heading that direction. if you think it's at least an ef-3, what kind of damage are you expecting? >> reporter: unfortunately, there were homes that were completely destroyed, trees that were snapped off. we have seen some indication of debarking of trees, which is really a signal of a violent tornado. one of the...