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cheryl: maria millions across the florida gulf coast bracing for milton as it heads towards tampa bayhine state highways backed up residents tend to flee. >> the tampa mayor giving a shocking warning. >> it is literally catastrophic, and i can say without any dramatization whatsoever if you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas you are going to die. cheryl: could be strongest to hit tampa more than a century could be one one of the biggest hurricanes on record, currently category four winds expected at least 157 miles per hour, could strengthen back to 5 we should say tampa bay area counties under manned evacuation odds governor desantis, spending to also in state tampa or a lando key west sarasota have been given waivers way you united southwest offering flight credits. >> biden administration reportedlyly to give forgiveness, there is, famous friends of sean "diddy" combs settling with victims outside of court not named in lawsuits according to texas lawyer representing over 100 of diddy's accusers going to be suing several of the celebrities claims, helping cover-up sexua

gulf communities. maria: very good plan. cherylle of questions about western north carolina and particular the asheville area. one question is why did it take so long for rescuers to get to those people? it took days before they even had any help whatsoever and the second is about the insurance problem. i'm curious what you're hearing about in western north carolina and mideast oval window the folks if not all -- most of the folks if not all had standard insurance meaning they didn't have flood insurance on the policies. talk about what those individuals -- those families, are now facing.->> definitely. the topography is difficult in north carolina and bridges and roads are washed out, places are nearly inaccessible to deliver assistance. insurance, this is underinsured area and folks didn't understand or prioritize their flood risk and places that have never flooded before. to your point, homeowners insurance and flood insurance are totally different and homeowners will often help you rebuild from a tornado, rebuild from a wild fi

cheryl, thank you. let's get to the weather. forecasters are monitoring the tropics as thousands of gulf coast residents are recovering from milton to many homes in the aftermath. fox weather meteorologist marissa torres with an update. >> good morning. we have 20,000 people without power in florida. we know a lot of folks are still without their homes. you take it into north carolina, western north carolina, about 7,000 without power and running water. and we have freeze warnings there in the mountains of north carolina. so a lot of interested parties for obvious reasons, two major hurricanes in two weeks is a rough go. take a look at the tropics, the southeast, the gulf coast, we're likely closed for business for the next seven to 10 days. i don't want to swear off the entire season because it goes until november 30th but the two areas we're looking at now, invest 94l that more than likely will bring enhanced rain showers to the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico by the time we get to friday and saturday and pushing on to hispaniola. if it survives beyond that it will run into aggressive winds and a cold front off the southeas

cheryl, thank you. >>> forecasting, meanwhile, monitoring the -- the forecasters are monitoring the tropics this morning as thousands of gulffrom hurricanes milton and helene. power ising being restored to many homes in the aftermath. fox weather meteorologist craig herrera. >> good morning, yeah, about 4.4 million people watching rivers still going up and taking some time to recede. and then you think about what we've got going on with the tropics. florida still has about 35,000 customers without power, a little more than 7,000 in north carolina. invest 94l, invest means we're investigating it. t not a tropical system yet. it's working into some drier air which is working against it. however, it will bring some rain to portions of cuba, other to the dominican republic, and we've got florida up to the north there. are we going to get this? we've got a cold front that's going opinion to come off the a eastern seaboard, and that that's going to the help be a squeegee and keep that south. the other area in the caribbean here, this one is right up against portions of value the america. is so not likely -- central america. it is