the sarasota port charlotte area. even as close as we are to land fall it's not really possible to tell exactly where that worst surge will occur. it's one wobble away from shifting ten or 20 miles. so that's why we've conveyed that risk across such a large area to help support the evacuation of much of that west central coast of florida. >> but tampa bay is particularly vulnerable, correct? >> correct, yes, mr. president. it's one of the most vulnerable locations along the entire west coast of florida because water gets funneled up into the bay. if you were to see a worst case scenario there you could see storm surge as much as twice as high as they saw during helene where it got up to seven or eight feet in the bay it could potentially get up above >> thanks a lot, i appreciate it. joe. >> and might, it is good to see you again and thank you for all your work. for the folks living in florida long time and experiencing these storms, many times you are talking with them about how this

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 hurricane-force 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? >> you know, across the state of florida, you are talking 150-200 miles. that is an estimate that the storm will be moving 50 miles an hour or two it will be moving across the area where quickly the tropical storm to force twins a-mile-per-hour winds greater and the extent twomiles from the center and even larger as the storm approaches the coastline. so that will affect much of the state. >> the reason i asked the question is at least for me having done a lot of this the last three years. it emphasizes the consequential damage the storm can do. it is going to enter florida on the west as a hurricane and leave as a hurricane here until that is pretty unusual.

>> yes, sir, thank you. 's. >> thank you so much. we will move on now to the national weather service director ken graham. >> i write, things, liz, went to thank administrator criswell for this and dr. brennan their hurricane center has been focused on this on on it with great forecast the whole way and i just wish we could minimize the impacts but that does not look like what is going to happen. i we continue to work at the national feather in the federal that the storms and what we actually have our scientists embedded with fema and the state gimmick state and local operation centers. we have our scientists embedded with u.s. coast guard to really help out with these decisions to make sure they are right there to answer the questions as they come up. they arc covering for several days as you mentioned dr. brennan mentioned the small

changes with little wiggles and small wobbles make a difference in the storm surge and all of these big storms wobble and wiggle all the way in. we will see that happening assist gets closer to lump all. as an administrator criswell said listen to the local officials and i can't stress enough 30 years in the weather service. this is a particularly dangerous tracking people need to get into their safe locations as the impact starts deteriorating quickly over the next few hours. words matter in the storms, even if the winds decrease near landfall. we really try to avoid words like weekend because it gives a false sense of security to the politics. we want to stress no matter what happens to the wind speed and catastrophic impacts will result either way. the size of the wind speed, the actual size will be expanding as dr. brennan was saying. much of the impact will cover

the peninsula. mr. president, it goes over my mind that hurricane will exit as a hurricane so you will see damage from the one point from the west coast and image on the east coast as well. it is important to focus on the impacts. again, seeing the impact on both coasts, we will see the impacts as we speak. i was just looking at the radar before doing this meeting here. hear, hear until we have tornadoes already touching down some spots in florida and confirmed that have touched down as well and about 90% of those tornadoes occur on that right front quadrant of a tropical system. so our folks, the weather service on duty 24 hours a day watching the radar to make sure we can get the warnings out quickly to people so they can take of her. as dr. brennan said, think about it, 140 miles wide and 200 and expected to be greater than 240 miles away from the center

so that is a huge area to see the damage. >> very concerned about the storm surge and i want to double down on something and it's not just tampa they 8-12 for 14 that 5-8 feet storm surge and think about for myers, naples, and we've got to keep reminding people they are not safe and not near the center of the storms. we will continue to relate mess with that as we came here to the other part is flooding can last a while. other areas with elevation, there is not much elevation in florida. the rivers will be slow to drain and can stay up a week after the storm. the storm surge will act as a blocker to drain some of the rain on the inland areas. that could really add some challenges to stomach inanities meant these with the flooding. i was looking at this mr. president and vice president

and i said the clock was ticking and sending alarm bells going off and people need to get into their safe place as always. the weather service remains on duty 24/7 to make sure the decision-makers of all the information they need in this storm. >> i would like to focus on one thing you said. i don't think most people think it, but the idea that sometimes it takes days for rivers to crest after a major storm like this. are there particular areas of concern that is related to this type of flooding? how long do you think the flooding conditions could last? in other words, once the winds are die down and coming through, okay, we are all set at the rivers flooding our are consequential and it takes time, right? >> the storm surge pushes up every nook and cranny of florida so close ablaze, rivers and feels in these areas. then you add the incredible

amount of rainfall in the brain can't drain because the storms have it blocked. . so looking at the areas and the peace river and some of these traditional places that can flood, we really got to watch those areas. it takes quite a while for that water to drain. >> thank you very much. >> i have a question for you. you mentioned words matter. i know there is a lot of media following this briefing. so, there have been -- we've gone from cat 5 to cat 4 in a lot of folks have been using the word downgrade that you are cautioning that that may communicate the sense of danger is lessened when, infected is not. can you talk a little bit about that because i know a lot of folks are watching right now would love to have your feedback how we should be talking about this. >> we need everybody that communicates to the public to be

on the same page with the words. 30 years of doing this, i have seen this so many times and people will think cat 5 and venkat 3 and not a reason to relax or we can. we expand and impacts don't change associated with that and i've seen this in florence and other historic hurricanes. we have to be mindful of the words that we use focus on those impacts, those impacts haven't changed no matter what they wind speed does the next 24 hours. >> thank you, that is very helpful. >> thank you director graham. we will go to secretary mayorkas, over to you. >> thank you very much, liz. adam vice president, if i can pick up on the important phrase words matter. i want to thank you for the strength and moral clarity with which you have been speaking to back down and information of spread and information only hurting survivors in need of

help and it is hurting the first responders who are so bravely risking their lives to deliver that to the survivors. mr. president madame vice president we are executing on your directive to not only rely on them up for emergency relief but to draw another resources throughout the department of homeland security and throughout the federal government and throughout your administration. i know you will hear from the comment on to the states coast guard, linda feagin and deployed almost 1,300 personnel to florida, not just for search and rescue but also to ensure the safety and security at the core of team for, critical lifeline for supplies that are needed by florida and elsewhere. i also want to say u.s. customs and border protection has devoted search and rescue personnel as well as other parts of our department. just to give you a quick

snapshot of some of the resources devoted from other parts of the administration, the department of defense is providing search and rescue, come out of me movement, commodity distribution and security to florida. we already have 1.5 million meals and 2.8 million liters of water ready to provide to people in need. the u.s. army corps of engineers a pair of fighting temporary power, temporary roofing, delivery remote for support in engineering expertise. that the u.s. forest administration is also providing debris removal and this is absolutely critical to the search and rescue personnel can reach the people in need and provide them with a humanitarian relief upon which they rely. health and human services has providing hospital and health related support carriage of the small business administration has dedicated 137 personnel to assist people who have lost their businesses were destroyed

to get them back up on their feet and understand what resources are available to them. we have an entire administration dedicated to this effort at your direction. with that, i will pause. >> hey, secretary, do you have any need for all the federal departments and agencies in support of this response? anything lacking? >> we certainly do have all of the resources. we are well-positioned to continue to respond to hurricane helene, to respond to hurricane milton, mr. president, we are making a moment and the challenges because of the extraordinary people who have spoken before me. >> i want to thank the governors. they have stepped up. ... disinformation going out about how, you know, we are devoting all this money to my grants and

anyone congresswoman suggesting i control the weather and apply i send it to red states. but a step up for the wall, like out of a comic book. that people in trouble and the administrator and you get $750 and that is it. who have lost everything. you have $750. that is not it. we gave you immediately what you need to get by to get a prescription or whatever. are you getting calls already about what we will be able to deliver for people who get in trouble? >> we are. mr. president, let me say that one of the falls narratives is that the federal employees who actually are delivering assistance will take individuals

land that is causing individuals survivors not to approach the people who are there to help and obtain the relief to which they are entitled and we have available to them and the vice president knows very well as a former prosecutor that false information only is fuel for the criminal element to exploit individuals in positions of vulnerability. madame vice president, your words at the outset so important for that reason. >> mr. president biden: thank you. >> vice president harris: mr. secretary, i want to thank the folks in your agency working with theme that, no wet, the federal agencies. i have seen and been on the ground and the work you have been doing to coordinate with local and state law enforcement and first responders has been outstanding. it really does show the best of the kind of work that we do in a moment of crisis to work together. i applaud the folks at work with you in leadership in that

regard. >> thank you, madame vice president. >> thank you secretary mayorkas. we will go to admiral linda fagan of the u.s. coast guard. >> thank you, thank you mr. president and madame vice president. i want to assure you the coast guard is ready to respond. we continue to monitor the storm closely and mindful how dangerous and devastating the storm is in the potential to the region which is still recovering from hurricane helene. my senior field commanders are well integrated with both the state and local emergency responders and stood up incident commands. we continue to search personnel and assets across the country into the region and i want to highlight how we prepare for storms. so we have people in helicopters and aircraft and boats and cutters that would have been in harm's way for the passage of the storm. we have sorely move those people and assets out of harm's way for

the storm. they are ready an imposition to began to move back into the region as soon it is safe to do so. in addition to the aircraft and ships and boats and shall water boats, apical teams and response teams, crisis support teams. our top priority is saving lives and safeguarding the marine transportation system which also includes responding to any incidents. we will begin to move back in the region as soon it is safe to do so with our primary initial focus being life-saving work in reopening the ports to reenable a flow of commerce. i want to focus just for a minute on the port of tampa, fell large as four in depending on the impact of the storms, eric at the impacts of the poor in congress. we will conduct overflights and bring ships into the region to

ensure that the channel in the harbor clear and safe for commercial traffic. we will work with army corps of engineers to do those assessments. third we will work with the navigation constellation and work with the pilots in the area to ensure that ships are able to move safely in an out of the port of team player. we will also need to ensure the port has electricity for handling cargo and cargo. i share this with you mr. president, we are myopically focused in the port of tampa which assessments are able to be made to. it does take a little bit of time. we will move with all urgency to ensure tampa is reopened for commerce and commercial boats. we continue to monitor the storm closely in a number of our preachers have spoken on the need, the heat of the evacuation orders. just to emphasize my first responders in one of the critical first response

agencies, of course, hurricane response, my first responders have moved out of harm's way and not in the path of the storm. immediate constitution in the area you will see them moving quickly. as the storm affects and people need to move into a safe position so that they do not lose their lives. mr. president, ready to respond and well-positioned for that, thank you, sir. >> admiral, one of the things that i don't know people have not been through any kind of hurricane in the past may not understand is when the rainfall in the flood surge are significant. but the elevated water levels are likely to be accompanied by a large and destructive waves. it is not just the water raising significant waves.

what do you anticipate, if anybody else wants to respond, what do we anticipate in terms of the wave damage this time, not just the water raising, but the waves, large waves coming in? >> sir, i will touch on the impact of the water and just the flow and significance of any kind of increased water flow, storm surge, whether wave driven or otherwise. it creates conditions incredibly hazardous at the lights people can't swim or save themselves again emphasizes why it is so critical that people evacuate and get themselves out of harm's way here too it allows for the assessment in regards to the property or property paths. >> mr. president biden: i know search msb is number one priority in that active storm but the port of tampa is critical for the state in the

state's economy in the region as well. what can you and that army corps of engineers do to get support reopened once the storm passes through? >> thank you, mr. president. we are in conversations with the army corps of engineers aligned on the need to began assessments as quickly as possible to determine whether there are impacts from the storm or not and reopening a port of tampa. the of medical aids on board of medical aids remains open for fuel tankers to ensure that commerce continues to flow into the state from other ports that are not in the direct impact of the storm. mr. president, i assure you army corps of engineers in conversations to reconstitute the port of tampa that, we will lean into the network as quickly as possible. >> mr. president biden: thank you, admiral, appreciated. a tree i echo president's words,

thank you for what you and the women and the men and women of the coast guard have been doing in response to hurricane helene and now this. your emphasis on the importance of the poor in tampa is critically important to recovery. so thank you for all the work you are doing. i know the resources are spread thin in terms of your folks being on the ground in every area right now. you are doing an extraordinary job so thank you for that. >> thanthank you, madame vice president. >> we are truly in your debt and in debt to your teams for what they are doing right now to prepare for and respond to what is coming to florida this evening. if that, we will conclude that a public part of this breathing. if you will stay on the screen for a few minutes. >> mr. president biden: can i say one thing question mike. >> of course, mr. president. >> mr. president biden: pass

on to your folks are much we respect and understand why these folks are risking their lives. >> yes. >> mr. president biden: risking their lives to help other people. this is america helping in ways that timmy is a measure of who we are as a nation. bc it happen. and it constantly happens. american stepping apps to help other americans risking their lives. so thank all of the first responders because it really matters, really from the bottom of your heart, thank you, thank you, thank you, sorry. >> john: just waiting to see if the president will answer any questions, but it does not appear he will from the pull of is assembled there.

a rare, live briefing at the white house from the emergency management folks here are just some information from the coast guard linda fagan about how the coast guard will respond to this in the wake of milton when it goes by as well as the folks from the hurricane center and the national weather service. a lot of focus on this idea of misinformation, sandra, which seems to be a big talking point of the white house as the storm approach is. >> sandra: this is live shot key west, florida, for many of the viewers who have visited the destination. that represents right there the southernmost point in the continental u.s. and a huge tourist attraction. you can see how stirred up it is there, john and much further south and where the eye of the hurricane will roll through the florida coast. look how stirred up it is and how many tourists are out there. it looks like a dangerous situation. one of the updates, nws director talking about flooding and how

long this will last after the hurricane makes landfall. their forecast was blending from milton could last about a week given the drainage difficulties, john and that is really, really important. you talk about the loose debris that is gathered all around the streets there as a result of going and how dangerous that could become. >> john: there has been a lot of pain in the state of florida the last couple of months. the granite saturated so you put rain and storm surge on top of that and it will take a while to go anywhere even with a vast canal system state of florida has. what we see in key west, a couple hundred miles away where the storm will come ashore. you can imagine what it will be like in places like sarasota, fort myers, tampa bay win this thing gets close. speech is speaking of which, by the way it will have a guest joining us shortly who has decided along with his wife to hunker down in their home in sarasota, john. he is in one of the zones that

was not mandatory. he is 15 miles inland from the coast, however, as you can imagine, they will have severe impact on this hurricane. he will tell us how they are preparing. he will join us shortly. >> john: no question in folks that far in the land will have problems as we witnessed last year but they fix all the to orlando. we will talk with mayor jean brown but unfortunately his town in the manatee river off of the coast is literally in the bull's-eye of this area here just to a about the barrier islands, john, ford in these areas outside of tampa are a huge focus. they could take a direct hit from the hurricane. that is where we find the weather storm specialist mike seidel. he is live madeira beach, florida, how are folks preparing there and what are you feeling right now? obviously, some strong winds already. >> yes, indeed the winds are

starting to pick up. i don't want my hat to end up and used them but the gulf of mexico is a block and a half awake. we will end up in a safer location after this live shot. the surge, sandra will come in here later this evening and tonight. we are expecting here 8-12 it surge higher than helene. the major areas, you enough time to clean up from helene and look at the debris and this is what you see street after street, block after block, piles of debris. so we cleaned the surge first with increasing lands and everything starts to float, the can. you can float a car with a couple of feet of water. 's of the step will float around and on top of that, 100-mile-an-hour wind gusts large destructive waves. there goes my hat. and it will stay in the water for now. i will get it. just to give you an idea of the land that an landfall. so all of this will come flying

projectiles by tomorrow morning and the wind is gone and the search is back in the gulf of mexico and debris everywhere on top of sand from the beach like we had last week. also the threat of tornadoes, four or five active tornadoes down the coast of florida and one is particularly dangerous situation. we have added to cocome from touchdowns in the southern part of the state of florida we will watch until nine and they will extend that and we are going to have the risk of waterspouts on shore along with a foot of rain. here till all claims implications of the surge is high wind gusts and all the debris is perfect description for just, just a nightmare as we wake up tomorrow morning to see if we can get around on the roads. >> sandra: in the, had to safer ground after this live shot. we hope your hat does not end up in houston. incredible reporting and thank you for telling their story. the winds and do a lot of

damage. much stronger winds on the way and please be safe, might, thank you. >> right, share. speech is he against sin. >> john: south of madera each and the center of the hurricane's path, mr. mayor you are in for quite a right in the next 12-18 hours at the moment and bradenton, sarasota is right in the bull's-eye but how are you preparing for this. >> we have already had all of our staff and things get prepared up to now that there is still time and i know ems and fire are not going to respond. the winds high enough they will not go out on call but if you are still seeing this and you have a few more minutes to get to a shelter, you need to get there if in a evacuation zone. i think people have hated those warnings but if somebody is out, i heard you talk about somebody

stay and i think that is foolish now because we don't want to be recovering bodies. we want to be replacing things and houses. it is important to get to a shelter if you still think you need to. >> john: no question about that particularly the power of the storm in the way it will come in with massive winds and massive storm surge. you are not right on the coast, per se, you have barrier island towards the gulf of mexico, pet you are hard along the manatee river and the storm will bring you bring in on an awful lot of water and 12 feet of storm surge. what will that do to the area of bradenton? >> we are along the river in parts of the city on the go all the way out and touch the barrier islands on parts of the city so the bridge just separates us. we do have both. we have a 6-foot storm surge with helena and everybody knows what that meant. we have homes, even one of our counsel people with 4 feet of

water in her home from that storm surge. people to get a little bit more serious. if it doubles in size to 12 feet or even higher, the devastation is unbelievable. in if you stay in your home close to that, you could be underwater and obviously, if it is above your head, there is not good consequences there. >> john: the mayor of tampa, jean castor had this to say about people who choose to stay in their home at the storm surge coming in, listen here. >> i said many times that he went to pick a fight with mother nature. she is winning 100% of the time. that 12 feet is about that house so if you are in it, basically that is the coffin you are in. >> john: the mayor is basically sagging get out or di. >> no, i agree with that and you have to get out and you have to do the right thing. i don't know if many people know that i'm the funeral director by trade. i have dealt with a lot of death

in my career, and i don't want to deal with it through this storm. >> john: as we saw in the white house briefing a moment ago as pointed out by the coast guard, admin and that they can, they had to move away from the storm and you don't want wrecked votes because you cannot respond with those. it will take a little bit of time to get the assets backing which means means if you write up the storm, you will be on your own for at least a while, mr. mayor. >> you will be on your own for 12-14 hours. we have in our emergency operation center which we call precinct, 80 people here and the first teams, the bulldozers, electrical companies, everything that you would need to clear roads and get things ready. we are ready as soon as the storm ends but that will not be until at least like tomorrow or even tomorrow morning. so you could be on your own. and water rescues are one of the most dangerous things we sell

through going. we won't be able to go out until tomorrow or slight. if you are somewhere and you think you could get to a shelter please. >> john: let's remind folks it will hit when very, very dark. mayor, we will pray for y you and the presidents have your town and we wish you godspeed. >> thank you and we appreciate the support. >> john: sandra. >> sandra: we will have more updates and the federal government's response to hurricane helene and gerry baker whether the administration has priorities misplaced. ound a chae to let in the lyte.” discover caplyta. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta is proven to deliver significant symptom relief from both bipolar i & ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. caplyta can cause serious side effects. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts right away.

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st. petersburg and tampa. the folks watching and waiting to see where hurricane milton goes. now this. >> we don't know nothing about here. >> our livelihood and our business, where is that help with that? >> we didn't ever expect anything like this up in the mountains. that is for sure. >> my fiance is pregnant and i can even take her to the dock dr. now. >> sandra: carolinians overwhelmed by ravaged homes and destroyed roads there in plenty of frustration how fema has responded to it all. gerry baker and the student or an adroit large "wall street journal" and fox news contributor, jerry, what a day for joe watching massive hurricane to the florida coast and you have these residents in north carolina particularly reeling from that disaster there are two of the response from fema has been scrutinized and criticized.

where have you landed on this? >> your heart goes out to people and examples of people in north carolina will be the same in florida. probably thanks to gove governor ron desantis administration to prepare for these things. what happened in north carolina was devastating beyond imagining and heartbreaking. at this stage, it is very early to make definitive judgments about whether fema messed up or two i remember in 2005 when hurricane katrina hit new orleans hard and i was down there a week afterwards and george w. bush was president. oh, my god, this is a disaster and fema is a disaster in the federal government failed that we learned afterwards, many more problems on the ground and fema did a great job here just so i think it is too soon to say fema has messed up. i think the larger point is

mayor interesting questions about where fema's priorities right now and something i know we talked about with j.d. vance has talked about a lot and painted in "the wall street journal" this week. fema it may not be true that fema resources could have been available in north carolina give in to migrants, but no question about broader orientation at fema under the biden-harris administration, which is to channel huge amounts of money to communities and nongovernment organizations to help with massive influx of migrants they, themselves, have created. >> sandra: we have been looking at fox 5 team bringing it to us life and that apocalyptic nature of what has been left behind for people there is still hard to fathom. that is a live picture, jerry, as we watch those folks manage their way through this. you reference j.d. vance editorial in "the wall street journal." it was brought up on a morning show this morning. and i want to let you respond

and have the viewers decide about this. j.d. vance said a disaster response every technique counts. the citizens of north carolina without the equipment and soldiers need to save lives and begin recovery. harris treated like public relations disaster instead of a rail when. president trump and i are realist and we know there is no perfect disaster recovery and it will bring hardship to towns no matter how well the government response but this is not the response that people of northwestern carolina deserve. cute joe scarborough on "morning show" claiming that peace. >> "the wall street journal" is publishing this information that might as well be in epic times. and the fact that it is from a vice presidential candidate matters not. this is the same guy who lied about cats and dogs being eaten while the governor as his own state said stop!

this is when you say there are no standards. this is a perfect example of it. >> sandra: this word disinformation with arnold around and that briefing with the vice president on the virtual appearance a moment ago. i know you were listening to that we had the research team compared the j.d. vance editorial regarding relief efforts from both the white house and fema, jerry appear to they could not find claims and that j.d. vance editorial slant on the morning show that stood out as false. year take. >> of course not and to be lectured by msnbc on disinformation, but a whisper and the same joe scarborough who told us days or weeks before the infamous vice presidential debate that saw joe biden pull out of the race. but biden was an incredible shape and he attacked "wall street journal" article that said joe biden was slipping. he is as sharp as he's ever been, brilliant.

weeks later, be so what biden was like in another month later he pulled out of the race. j.d. vance what he said into a bed "wall street journal" was right. again, we will have to wait and see if fema has really failed to hurricane helene and no question the western north carolina community, remote communities have waited a long time to get relate. he said that is correct but he also says in that piece very quickly as you say, sandra, you can fact check this, the piece on the length includes fema officials and you can check it out and they have been giving hundreds of millions of dollars to communities around the country to deal with the migrant crisis harris-biden and there's nothing forest about that. >> sandra: there is a lot of frustration over response and struggling people right now and more shortly as a result of the neck storm. gary dimmick jerry, thank you

for joining us, john. 's be when we tell the white house briefing that now another one said to brief in the briefing room on the category 4 hurricane's barreling towards tampa and other parts of the west coast of florida. milton's wrath catastrophic when it makes landfall. >> sandra: a few moments ago stopped over the fox weather center bryan norcross, john, what can you tell me at the top of a new hour? it is not looking good. bryan norcross is here. he will give us the latest in a few moments. we actually have reinvented ocean voyages, designing all-inclusive experiences for the thinking person. viking - voted world's best by both travel + leisure and condé nast traveler. learn more at viking.com. ♪ ♪

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specialist, bryan norcross. we work together 35 years ago and you have seen a lot in a long time. we haven't aged a bit, by the way that you have seen a lot. had to says compared to what you've gone through? >> they are all different, john, and we haven't seen a storm had to the west coast as long as we have been doing it. we have to go back to 1921 to have a big storm coming into the west coast for the really big storm back to the 19th century. this is unprecedented in that sense, which is really a matter of dumb luck more anything. they were three phases to this and one is over the state of florida with the tornadoes. the next one will be the cord that comes ashore tonight and pushes that both water against the coast and the third is going to be north florida and i will show you that here in a second in terms of flooding and potential tornadoes they are. look what we have right now, these are all tornado warnings

and this one particularly dangerous one and tampa under this and, st. petersburg airport dusting 60 miles an hour already. this is the first phase of some damaging winds knocking out power and tornadoes across the state. family watch for the rifle here. there's been a lot of talk online it's going to go south that team that moves the forecast to south of tampa. and it might but tampa bay is still very much in it and even if it comes close, there is still going to be storm surge around tampa bay but just different neighborhoods get it. this is the band from tampa to fort myers where the center comes. the storm surge come south of there. let me show you the computer models. everybody looks at these online. look where they are focused, with her inside of the golf directly into tampa bay. so all of that noise online don't worry in tampa is all

misinformation. to use a common word. we will stay focused on tampa and we will stay focused all the way down the coast for storm surge. here you see the winds coming in this evening midnight tonight when the storm surge about that time will be peaking here. then the storm moves inland. here is the hurricane-force winds and watch as they move across central florida, orlando, cape canaveral and the space coast and fort pierce. appear, you can make online strong winds coming into the northeast coast. that is why we have storm surge for the east coast as well. that will come likely later on tonight into tomorrow, john. this is an all-florida issue with different pets in different parts of the state. >> john: it is really interesting, bryan, not just to the west coast babies coast as well. brain, thank you and we will get

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>> sandra: fox weather alert, it seems like all over the coastline in florida. a live look at sarasota oh two urgent warnings to seek safety before the hurricane slams the coast. sarasota to take a direct hit and this is the sarasota county sheriff are often joining us now. thank you for joining us and how are things looking there? did people get out? >> sandra, i have lived here all of my life and i think this is a storm april have heeded the warnings and we see record travel and the roads. the barrier islands a ghost town which is what we would want to see. >> sandra: wow, sheriff, what are you telling people if they did decide to stay? >> we have messaged all week, sandra, if you stay in those sounds evacuated, mobile homes, you do so at your own payroll

and we pull deputies off of the road and we will not be able to get to you until after the storm if you are alive. >> sandra: wow! what are using weather-wise already and we have a look at sarasota on the screen. we are starting to see it. speak of the brain is counting our building here. we are pulling deputies off of the road reaching speeds 40, 45-mile-per-hour winds and unsafe to be on the road at that point. >> sandra: we thank you for what you do, sheriff and best of luck to all of you and your first responders. thank you, sure dimmick sir. >> john: we have pointed out fleeing the monstrous storm but that is not the case for the next guest. storm chaser, brantingham, what he is experiencing down there he is experiencing down there juste!

stay to florida's gulf coast to take direct hit from hurricane milton.