News night begins right now Abby Philip alongside my colleague, Anderson Cooper, who is in the middle of Hurricane Milton, right now in florida, this Monster Storm making Landfall Tonight and it is right now rocking cities on floridas West Coast. Weve got our reporters fanned out at areas all across the state that are being hit the hardest tonight. But first, were going to go to anderson in braden town. Anderson anderson take it away. You are now seeing so much wind, so much rain. Tell us what youre experiencing bradenton this is a community that than was expecting a bad head and its certainly that is what we have been seeing over the last hour. Were right by The River and the water has really dropped i it started about an hour ago, right when Kaitlans Program started really, the water just started pouring over over the banks onto The Riverwalk. We moved off from that location this basically our crew is inside ive basically using this tree to block any of the branches and stuff that ha
That Storm Surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. Ill be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbcs meteorologist. Nbc News Meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida . This is when all the damage is happening. We cant show you where the worst Storm Surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot Storm Surge in sarasota. As we go down the coast, all the way to naples, its been at least five to six foot Storm Surge. That is higher than helene in most cases so we have new significant damage that is being done tonight. As the storm is moving inland. The winds are still pushing that water against the coast. It is still rushing in. The other thing you will notice, the black line is the center. Just north of the center which has been the past five hours over tampa, torrential rain. We are talking two to three inches per hour. Now that is
Following Breaking News as a monster hurricane. Milton is just just hours away from making landfall on floridas west coast. Its already making its presence known through winds and rain and bringing florida, its most Tornado Watch mornings in a day on record, 90 Tornado Warnings and counting, youre looking at one of them. One of those tornadoes crossing and i75, heres a Tower Cam that was airing im on Cnn Affiliate Woio And Kay as a reported tornado tore through matlab shaye. If you want to understand how truly devastating the storm could be, just listen to how president Joe Biden described it in a briefing, just this afternoon looking like the storm of the century, many communities in hurricane Miltons Path do not have a moment to catch their breath between Helene And Milton two historic stern storms in two weeks the storm of the century, possibly Vice President Kamala Harris just called in To Cnns Dana Bash and echoed those stark terms. This is unlike anything we have seen before. We
Los angeles and this is americas late news, Fox News At Night. And breaking tonight, just hours away from Hurricane Milton, the category five storm of the century. Florida governor Ron Desantis Racing to secure his state and it appears Kamala Harris is racing to secure political points. Nbcs reporting Governor Desantis is ignoring your calls. It is utterly irresponsible and selfish. And it is about political gamesmanship. It is not about you Kamala Harris, its about the people of florida. She has never called on any of the storms we have had since she has been Vice President until apparently now. Clearly her boss does not need the same political points. The governor of florida has been cooperative and talks began yesterday. And i said no, youre doing a great job. Trace in the meantime, Kamala Harris doing Damage Control on her Softball Media Blitz this week but she may be doing more harm than good. What does success look like an ending the war in ukraine . There will be no success in e
Course with floridas gulf coast. The powerful hurricane said to make landfall in just hours putting millions on high alert. Im scared to. And very afraid. We have gotten lucky a couple of times and im just not going to read this one out. I have water, canned goods, flashlights. As soon as i put my shutters up and Sand Bags and, im probably Here. Carley doing from Helene Anna breaking Storm Surge and attempt to evacuate is running out. Youre watching Fox Friends First on this wednesday morning. And carley shimkus. Todd im Todd Piro and cash shortages and bare shelves while the storm expected to cost nearly 200 Billion in damages. We have a live coverage, Janice Dean Tracking hurricane Miltons Path and neighbors florida with Preparations Happening Right N now, kendall. Good morning. We are live in naples, florida. And im just fine on the fringes of Zone B and zone a Evacuation Sink close to the Coastline Right behind me wHere we have known later a evacuations. As of this morning, as you