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Hello and welcome to today's verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge traffic jams across the state as more than 5 million people respond to evacuation orders ahead of hurricane milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live tracking shot from the national hurricane center. The category four storm is due to make landfall toni...

Welcome back to bbc news. Let's get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the west coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of �*life and death'. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the american red cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how they've been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the american red cross has been on the ground in florida and the south—east for more than two weeks in response first to hurricane helene a...

Set to make landfall in florida roughly 24 hours from now, we've just gotten a new advisory this very hour milton is currently moving towards florida's gulf coast, tracking towards the sarasota area and potentially inching even further south and it's going to get a lot bigger before it gets there. That means a life lifethreatening storm surge potentially reaching up to 15 feet but this hurricane is going to impact the entire state. Everyone on edge because any wobble in its trajectory could actually impact which part gets hit the hardest, and to make matters worse, the area, as you know, is st...

Long time and have experienced these storms many times, power you talking with them about how this is going to be different. And what 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 you thank you, madam vice president. Yes, we've been emphasizing the size and the intensity of the storm and the direction in 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...

This is not survivorable the urgent warning we got from central florida officials to all the people living in hurricane milton's path. The evacuation zone involves six million people. And this storm is hours away now from colliding with florida's gulf coast. The impact has the potential to change the coastline. Our meteorologist janice dean was saying it will do that. President biden and vicepresident kamala harris are getting briefed we're told on preparations. Officials are bracing for extreme winds and the windshield on this has grown exponentially so it's going to affect far many more peop...