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And welcome to hannity. And tonight, category five, hurricane milton is only hours away from slamming intoay the battered communities on florida's gulf coast, fr bat in the free state of florida. Many are now rightly worried that thi. S very powerful storm could, in fact, be the most destructive hurricane in history. Florida officials are now telling resident s who refuse to evacuate, write your name on your body. So can be identified if whe and when you die. Now, coming upyo, we'll haverept a live report from fox weather. But first,for fo we are just 28s until an inflection point for our coun...

♪ brian: 7:00 a. M. On the east coast, wednesday, october 9th, this is fox & friends. Steve: it is. We start this hour of fox & friends with a fox weather alert. Look at those live images right now from tampa and fort myers. Rain and wind picking up in florida as a category 5 hurricane named milton is barreling toward the state. Florida congressman byron donalds is standing by with an urgent warning. He is with us in two minutes. Lawrence: while americans are scrambling to find safety, the white house is brushing off criticism of their emergency response as misinformation. A lot of misinform...

Hurried preparations, there's also a new worry. Limited resources. Gas stations literally running on empty, and grocery store shelves picked clean. Nbc's marisa is joining us from tampa. Jay gray is standing by in ft. Myers. And meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the storm for us. The track of this storm has shifted slightly since yesterday. Where do we expect landfall now? yeah, this has kind of wobbled back and forth, ten miles north or south. As we go throughout time, we are anticipating that westcentral u. S. Coast impact on the state of florida. We are looking at a category 4 sto...

Going to be different? and so the difference between what they're used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out? thank you, madam vice president. Yes, we are emphasizing the size and intensity of the storm and the direction at which it's approaching which is unusual and really raises that storm surge risk for the west coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the west coast of florida from the south or southeast parallel to the coast. This track, more perpendicular to the coast raises the storm surge risk. And...

Before making landfall earlier than expected tonight in florida. Forecast to bring up to 15 feet of lifethreatening storm surge to some regions, up to 18 inches of rain in areas like tampa, and catastrophic, sustained winds. At this hour, parts of florida are already feeling the effects as milton grows in size and moves closer to the west coast. More than 1 million people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thousands are still fleeing the state in search of higher ground, as the window to get out starts to close, and resources dwindle. As of this morning, 60% of tampa bay's service stations...