we have an state of florida.ditional 600 ambulances in operation helping in the effort. the state of florida has considerable fuel reserves ahead of milton, it is staged and they will be utilised as needed following the storm. we have already dispatched a lot of fuel in the lead up to this but we already have on hand 1.6 million gallons of diesel and 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. there is no right now fuel shortage. gasoline. there is no right now fuelshortage. however, demand fuel shortage. however, demand has fuelshortage. however, demand has been extraordinarily high and some gas stations have run out to be able to help ameliorate that the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distance fuel tanker escorts with sirens, getting through traffic, totalling almost 1 through traffic, totalling almost1 million gallons of gasoline from ports in tampa, jacksonville, the everglades, and they are continuing with the fuel escorts as we speak. i am in contact with the ports on the west coast of florida and we'

the storm is going to go across the florida peninsula and it is going to exit on the east coast of florida into the atlantic ocean likely still as a hurricane. that is going to bring significant impact across the state. be prepared for that. that may mean mobile homes. other structures that may not be hurricane proof. that can create hazard. rivers, other bodies of water as you have more rain and flooding. you can have surge on the east coast of florida. you can have different things at the coast to this is not just an event about the west coast of florida. that will be where the initial impact and probably the most significant but the impacts will not be limited there. here we are at the florida horse park. we have staging areas around different parts of the state. our different sites that are doing different things. you go to lake city, you have a lot of the utility lineman better staged. we have had a lot of people stage in the tampa bay area for utilities and other things. this one right here is really good. i am not saying ocala is not going to have any impacts but we fully anticipate

the storm is going to go across the florida peninsula and it is going to exit on the east coast of florida into the atlantic ocean likely still as a hurricane. that is going to bring significant impact across the state. be prepared for that. that may mean mobile homes. other structures that may not be hurricane proof. that can create hazard. rivers, other bodies of water as you have more rain and flooding. you can have surge on the east coast of florida. you can have different things at the coast to this is not just an event about the west coast of florida. that will be where the initial impact and probably the most significant but the impacts will not be limited there. here we are at the florida horse park. we have staging areas around different parts of the state. our different sites that are doing different things. you go to lake city, you have a lot of the utility lineman better staged. we have had a lot of people stage in the tampa bay area for utilities and other things. this one right here is really good. i am not saying ocala is not going to have any impacts but we fully anticipate

state of florida. our florida state card is also deploying almost 200 soldiers, ten maritime crews crews, three high water utilities, uh 60 black hawk helicopters, trojans, cut and tossed crews, amphibious rescue crews. we want to thank them and this is just a dream a couple years ago that there would be involved and there's a lot of unfair criticism when we stood it up but they make a huge difference in this hurricane season. they'll continue to do here. we have also worked with the utilities to have largest staging of utility workers in alignment and events of the storm any time in american history. we will have in florida by the time the storm arises over 50,000 linemen, and those linemen to bring brought in for places far away as california. as soon as the storm passes you going to see the assessment and power restoration efforts commence immediately. additionally the state of florida physicist with the request requisite three and 52 healthcare facilities in the potential path of the storm, 16 hosp

seaboard of florida by around 2:00 in the afternoon?y 2:00 in terms of the core of wind but the thing is the wind coming around on the backside is flooding the northeast coast of florida jacksonville around to daytona beach. you do remember they were hit so hard by hurricane nicole two years ago so some of the coastline hasn't been repaired just like southwest florida isn't prepared -- repaired from ian file that debris on the west coast from hellion's all these coastlines are getting a second punch from this hurricane after hurricanes from the past. >> sean: thank you my prayers go out to my fellow floridians tonight. we have mike with us now from florida. >> more of the same here gusty wind around 89 but as mentioned the worst right now in the tampa area taking that northerner area of iowa which came earlier checking the airport a few moments ago getting to around 8. right now across the state of florida just over 800,000 customers easily more than a million people without power. you see behind me was still power here in the big conce

national guard, florida state guard, florida fish and wildlife, and the florida highway patrol have activated additional personnel in advance of this storm. we have hundreds of state search and rescue personnel on hand, 26 total teams. they are currently imbedded in the potential impact sites along the west coast coast to begin immediate rescue operations. as soon as the storm passes, the national guard is deploying 6,000 florida national guardsman, as well as 3,000 national guardsmen from other states. and so we thank for the support on that we have 34 search and rescue states. we have 500 tactical vehicles, including 180 high-water vehicles aerial water and ground national guard search and rescue teams. this is the largest florida national guard search and rescue mobilization. and the entire history of the state of florida or florida state guard is also deploying almost 200 soldiers, ten maritime crews, three high-water utvs to uh-60 blackhawk helicopters for drone teams 15 cut toss crews, two amphibious rescue crews. we want to thank them. i mean, this was this was just a dream.

state of florida. our florida state guard is also deploying almost 200 soldiers, ten maritime crews, two uh-60 black hawk helicopters, four drone teams, 15 cut and toss crews, two amphibious rescue crews. we want to thank them. this was just a dream a couple years ago that they would be involved, and there was a lot of unfair criticism when we stood it up, but they have made a huge difference in this hurricane season and will continue to do it here. we have also worked with the utilities to have the largest staging of utility workers and linemen in advance of the storm at any time in american history. we will have in florida, by the time the store arrives, over 50,000 linemen, and they will be brought in from places as far away as california. so as soon as that storm passes, you're going to see the assessments and the power restoration efforts commence immediately. additionally, the state of florida has assisted in the evacuation of 352 sites. 16 hospitals have been evacuated. the state veteran nursing

i am sown by the secretary from florida commerce, florida national guard, senators, representatives, and where is petronas? petronas is here as well for the state cfo. as of right now all panella's county, everyone who can receive powerhouse power restored. they had hundreds of thousands of outages here. if you do not have power, it is because there's something with the receipt at that point, so there is 100% are going totally in the state. we have had 2.3 8 million restorations since the storm hit and they are down to 20,000 that are out. in the entire state. that is the electrical co-ops in the big bend region. some of that is because they had to do total rebuilds of electric infrastructure, but the bottom line is we had a category four hurricane. the majority of people that had outages had them back within 24 to 48 hours and even hard-hit areas had it in less than a week, so i want to thank everybody involved in that. we believe time is of the essence to get people back on their feet, but we have had support in that vision from our utilities, not just the private ones like duke an

ibly27 is up and the servers are out in cocoa beach, florida, on the east coast of florida.of hearing this, florida isn't a very wide state, 21/2 hours to get to the panhandle and all that. what is the west coast is felt on the east coast. they have strong winds and all that. we are hearing things are getting back to normal. disney world plans to remain closed today, plans to reopen tomorrow. its popular resorts probably not until sunday at the earliest. getting back to business. jackie deangelis and her cohorts get into business now. taylor: i am taylor riggs.

of florida. we have surged an additional 600 ambulances currently in operation helping in the effort. the state of florida has considerable fuel reserves ahead of milton and it is staged and utilized as needed following the storm. we've already dispatched a lot of fuel in the lead-up to this but still have on hand 1.6 million gallons of diesel and 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. there is no -- right now fuel shortage. demand has been very high and some gas stations are run out to be able to help. the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distance fuel tankers courts with sirens getting through traffic totaling almost a million gallons of gas aileen with ports around the state. they are continuing with the fuels courts as we speak. i'm in contact with the ports on the west coast of florida. we'll see how this storm impacts those. clearly there is a chance that you could have a major impact on port manatee as well as port tampa bay. that could interrupt their ability to receive fuel ship

we have seen a lot of rain this past week for central florida and northern florida. now we are going to be looking at 18 inches of rain or more in some parts. there's a high risk of flooding. as you can see, this is a catastrophic flash flooding for rivers and streets. as we showed you, tornadoes. this is going to be very, very volatile. in fact, over the next six hours, strong tornadoes possibly ef2 or stronger happening. we are talking about the storms that are rain wrapped, so harder to see. we have so many scenarios that are going on at the same time that makes this such a life-threatening storm. >> is it still expanding? >> yes. as it weakens, we are going to see the wind field itself start to expand. right now, tropical force winds extend out 200 miles from the center of the storm. they could extend out 400 miles or more by the time it makes landfall tonight. that's what makes this even -- even if it does weaken -- we are not talking about from a 3 to a 1. we are talking about a strong 3 or weak 4 that -- that impact between the storm surge, winds and the torna

to florida —— federal personnel. to prepare — florida —— federal personnel.se efforts — will continue to scale up those efforts. led hats to happen in the states _ efforts. led hats to happen in the states. two people in florida, and pa rticuia riy — states. two people in florida, and particularly the people of the temporal region, we urge you to take this storm _ temporal region, we urge you to take this storm seriously. as has been said before, this is a storm that is expected — said before, this is a storm that is expected to — said before, this is a storm that is expected to be of historic proportion, and many of you i know are tough— proportion, and many of you i know are tough and you have written out these _ are tough and you have written out these hurricanes before, this one is going _ these hurricanes before, this one is going to _ these hurricanes before, this one is going to he — these hurricanes before, this one is going to be different. and so we ask you that, _ going to be different. and so we ask you that, by— going to be different. and so we a

there's a lot going on in florida right now. we are used to this year in florida. we will band together tomorrow and start the response. when the sun comes up tomorrow we will see a lot of damage across the state. >> what is florida going to need tomorrow? >> reporter: everything. we are going to need everything. don't get me wrong, kevin gottfried, director of emergency management, has been stockpiling and position all those things. the first thing is going to be swift water rescue crews. trying to rescue people in harms way to get them out. whether that's in their house or on the roof or in collapsed structures. and then it's going to be getting people medical attention that might be injured. it is going to be, obviously, starting the recovery process. we have 1.5 million people without power. there's a lot that we are going to need. i know the biden administration is artie working to make sure that florida has those resources. >> congressman, thank you very much for joining us today. >> thanks. >> we will be right back. >>> that is tonight's last word.

the florida national guard, florida state guard additional fdot personal and florida highway patrol are all involvement only in the debris removal but in the larger hurricane preparation and response. we will have before landfall, 8000 national guard's for the state of florida that will be activated. we have already on hand 34 different search and rescue aircraft. we've never had this many resources prior to a storm. we had what's called request to get set out to other states and we've had a tremendous response from other states like we responded to north carolina and when they needed. states have come to florida. i want to thank the states that have stepped up and help us whether it's shania kalikow could whether it's such a rescue personnel, you name it, without a number of states have stepped up to help us. lyman and power restoration resources are being marshaled in advance of the storm as is our standard practice. we now have in excess of 37,000 line men that are either in or in route to the state of florida, as most people know hurricane helene left a lot of damage in some of our

departs from the eastern coast of florida. there will be flooding, there will be tornadoes, storm surge. take the actions you need to to protect yourself and your family . we do not need to lose any lives as a result of this storm. we have the time to prepare. make sure you're taking these actions now. with that, i will take any questions. >> i want to remind folks that she can only hear us, she can't see us. so i want to start calling on folks right now. >> i appreciate you making time. do you have an estimate of how many people are not heating evacuation orders and remain at risk? >> i do not have an estimate, but what i can tell you is that i was in florida on monday, i met with mayor of tampa and the mayor of st. petersburg and i saw people leading -- leaving the area. people are listening, they are leaving. but we know there's always a few that want to stay behind and protect their homes. this storm is different. this storm will bring deadly storm surge, so i want people who still have time to evacuate to make sure they a

we have florida division of emergency management, or florida state garden, florida national guard, transportationmission wildlife, all on site. this morning we sent a convoy from florida department of transportation to deploy to north carolina, including temporary bridges to be able to erect those if necessary, and assist in roadway repairs. so we've got 7500 feet of temporary bridges that will be en route. it's difficult, the roads are not easy on a normal day and now you've got a lot of damage, a lot of the bridges are out. so we've already been making a difference, just yesterday at rescue team rescued a mother and her one-month-old infant and evacuated them safely to the hospital. over the last 24 hours alone, the florida national guards chinook assets have brought in 20,000 pounds of food into areas of critical need in north carolina. the operation is also assisting floridians seeking rescue in western north carolina and in the surrounding areas and if you want to fill out a request form, you can go to florida disaster.org\ operation blue ridge. a lot of floridians go up there in the summer,

it is one of the most vulnerable locations along the west coast of florida because florida -- water gets funneled up into the bay. worst case scenario you could see storm surge twice as high as they saw during hurricane helene. he could potentially get up above 10 feet. pres. biden: thanks a lot, mike. i appreciate it. vice pres. harris: mike, it is good to see you again, and thank you for all of your work. the folks who have been living in florida and have experienced these storms, how are you talking with them about how this is going to be different? and so the difference between what they are used to and what this will be as a way to hopefully give them more encouragement, to know they need to get out? >> thank you, madam vice president. have been emphasizing the size and intensity of the storm and the direction at which it is approaching, which is unusual and raises that storm surge risk . we typically see hurricanes approach the west coast from the south or southeast, moving parallel to the coast. this track more perpendicular really raises the storm surge risk and the size of the s

i am in charge in florida.are working with fema to leverage resources, but we make the decisions. you will be allowed back into your home as soon as the storm passes. i put that in the executive order. i think there's some people out there, we live in an age where you can monetize a lot ofthis nonsense online, you can get a lot of clicks, but that is not true in florida so we are going to do it right. your property is going to be protected, and we are going to make sure that you get back on your feet. >> norah: governor desantis, thank you for joining us at this busy time. we are praying for the people of your state. >> governor desantis: thank you. >> norah: and it's not just the gulf coast that's in danger. ahead, we'll look at the threat to florida's east coast, all across florida, when we come back. across florida, when we come back. we are. we have a team of specialists not only in investing, but also in financial and estate planning and more. (other money manager) your clients rely on you for all that? (f

este otro tambiÉn fue registrado en florida.vemos que un tornado explotÓ fuera de una casa de fort myers. el hecho quedÓ en cÁmara de seguridad. los dueÑos de la vivienda no estaban allÍ, habÍan evacuado. muchas se preparan para lluvias y vientos, pero no hay que olvidar los tornados. aquÍ vemos el paso de uno en fort myers. este residente cuenta cÓmo sobrevivieron. [habla en inglÉs] reportera: su casa quedÓ destrozada. todo lo que estaba dentro quedÓ en escombros. otras consecuencias en otra comunidad de florida. mÚltiples casas con techos rotos y carros volcados. hubo mÁs de 100 avisos de tornados. maity: gracias. mÁs de 1 millÓn de personas sin energÍa elÉctrica. hay caos en los aeropuertos. muchos pasajeros no saben a quÉ atenerse. las autoridades cerraron varios aeropuertos por lo tornados. mÁs de 2000 vuelos cancelados. reportero: el huracÁn provoca destrucciÓn a su paso. y su presencia origina caos en vuelos comerciales y el transporte en general. >> llegamos al aeropuerto y se cancelÓ el vuelo. reportero: es incÓmodo. >>

state of florida. the life threatening storm is now moving toward florida's gulf coast. forecasters say it will slam into that peninsula. late tonight or into the early hours of tomorrow. what they are looking at is exactly where it will hit. they aren't saying it is not going to hit. some forecasters are saying is storm surge could be higher than what it was in hurricane katrina which left more than 1,300 people dead. the evacuations, though, this time are the benefit of what we learned, we pray, from katrina. so many people moving out of the way. not everybody, but most. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." this huge storm could be one of the largest we've seen in terms of a hurricane. forecasters are saying milton's wind field will double by the time it hits florida's gulf coast. evacuation orders have been issued, as i mentioned, all around including the tampa area before the hurricane's devastating winds bring what they are expecting to be 15 feet of storm surge. the fema admin

así que es una noche larga para los amigos de la florida.y ya ese huracán se ha debilitado un poco. ahora es categoría 3 con vientos de 115 millas por hora y estaría saliendo ya para mañana en la tarde fuera de la región de la florida, como un huracán de categoría 1. vamos a estar pendientes, a mostrarle cÓmo se preparan quienes permanecen ahÍ pese al peligro. >> thing to say it's not true. >> el presidente biden desmiente a donald trump. califica de ridÍculos los rumores falsos de que el dinero para los damnificados de los huracanes fue desviado para ayudar a los migrantes. y un estudio cientÍfico confirma que la rapidez y la intensidad de los huracanes como glyn y milton son fruto del cambio climÁtico. los expertos proponen incorporar la categorÍa seis para medir huracanes cada vez mÁs destructivos. >> noticias telemundo. con julio vaqueiro desde tampa, florida. >> buenas noches. en esta ediciÓn especial de noticias telemundo en vivo para el oeste de estados unidos, les saludo desde tampa, florida, sobre la costa del golfo de este estado.

our florida state guard, florida national guard, transportation, fish and wildlife are all on site this morning. we sent a convoy from florida department of transportation to deployed in north carolina, include ing temporary bridges to be able to erect those if necessary, carry and assist in roadway repair. so we've got 7500 feet of temporary bridges that are going to be in route. and the people that have been in that part of the country know it's difficult. the roads are not easy and a normal day now, you've got a lot of damage, a lot of the bridges are out. so we've already been making a difference. just yesterday, a joint florida state guard and florida fish and wildlife commission team rescued a mother and her one year old infant in back then evacuated them safely to the hospital. and over the last 24 hours alone, the florida national guard's chinooks assets have brought in 20,000 pounds of food into areas of critical need. in north carolina, the operation is also assisting floridians seeking rescue in western north carolina and in the surrounding areas. and if you want to fill out

florida state senator and army green beret jay collins riding at the storm in florida and joined us earlier pretty interesting here with our family hunkering down in our home across our community. it has been pretty rough. as floridians, we see a lot of hurricanes and it is easy to be complacent and say hey, just one more storm. by the broad side to get from a this magnitude -- >> carley: ref is an understatement for many people. you are watching "fox & friends first" this thursday morning and i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: todd piro and ja janice dean live in the studio and ari live in orlando, what is the latest? >> it has been ferocious the last hour and a half to two hours i would say. we first got here after 1:00 in the morning in the northern i will. that is a solid test. i'm trying to keep an eye behind me to make sure nobody break comes in here. some of the strongest winds the entire time we have been here over 60 miles an hour possibly around 70 just eyeballing it. the power is still on in downtown orlando at least for this couple of blocks surrounding where the hotel is. we are set

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it's the peninsula of florida. but that the point of that area that the middle part of the peninsula is the most populated regions of florida, right? orlando, tampa bay, saratoga. and it's moving right through that area. and ye, as mike asked, is it could it still be a category one when it comes out in the atlantic? absolutely. it's a cat three right now. it's slowing down. you know, the speed with this storm is moving pretty fast. and that has been helpful. you can see the eyewall working its way on shore right now. this is going to be an overnight event as this moves on shore heavy rain as we talked about winds pretty strong for the most part. but this is going to be about the flood surge or the storm surge. and it's going to be about the rainfall. and also, you know, when you're talking about storm surge, it's happening right on the high tide as well. so we're looking at a high tide, added another 10 to 13ft in some places of storm surge. and you're going to have yourself some problems. tampa bay is incredibly s

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and that isjust in florida? just in florida. l in florida? just in florida. wow. what _ in florida? what happens, if i in florida? just in florida. | wow. what happens, if you in florida? just in florida. - wow. what happens, if you are living in a house outside fema's flood zone areas and you don't have flood insurance if your house is washed away. what happens? it’s your house is washed away. what ha ens? v . your house is washed away. what hauens? v . , happens? it's an uninsured loss. happens? it's an uninsured loss so — happens? it's an uninsured loss. so our _ happens? it's an uninsured loss. so our homeowners l loss. so our homeowners policies do not cover flooding. it's one of the explicit exclusions, which is why we always suggest people carry flood insurance, even if you are not in a floodplain. however, as we heard earlier in the programme, during helene, we realise most people in the state of florida do not carry flood insurance, so these will be uninsured losses to most individuals.— be uninsured losses to most individuals. does the federal governments _ individuals. do

irma came up the west side of florida. it impacted 67 counties in florida.ll 67 counties were impacted by this hurricane. earlier today at day break governor desantis said 51 counties will be affected by this storm. that gives gives you a sense about how large this will be. the florida division of emergency management sent out a tweet on x a short time ago. here it is. milton is approaching landfall along the west central florida coast. all right? so they said treat this as if it is a tornado. and the warning went out for tampa, st. petersburg and clearwater. well there is 3.2 million people who call that area home. and so many of them have left and the reason they left is because of helene 13 days ago. we are in a hotel here in orlando. and just about everybody inside that hotel came from tampa. they came from saint pete. they came from clearwater. up here into orlando to take cover. listen, it's going to be a long night for them. a very long day tomorrow. especially if we lose power throughout the night. the people who left that storm to get away from it m

it's undermining confidence in the people of florida. incredible rescue and recovery work that has been undertaken, literally there are thousands of fellow americans who are putting their lives at stake and putting it on the line to do the dangerous work that needs to be done now. and it's harmful to those who most need the help. quite frankly, these lies are un-american, and there's simply no place for them, not now, not ever. former president trump has led this onslaught of lies. assertions have been made that property is being confiscated. it's simply not true. they're saying people impacted by these storms have received $750 in cash and no more. that is simply not true either. they're saying that money needed for these crises are being diverted to migrants. what the heck are they talking about? stop it. it's outrageous. it's just not true. now the claims are getting even more bizarre. margery taylor greene, the congresswoman from georgia, is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather. we're controlling the

in terms of what is coming for _ florida. in terms of what is coming for florida, - florida.g for florida, you - coming for florida, you mentioned, what is setting gotten apart from hurricane's? why is this one more dangerous? —— milton. it's dangerous because of the extreme intensity, it will still — it's been a category five two times and it is only about 30 hours, as we speak, from making landfall in florida and it's still a category five so, let's just start with the intensity so even if it loses strength, there could still be a category for it. what a category three hurricane winter makes landfall in the state of florida late on wednesday night. that's when it suspected to happen. in addition, the angle of approach is extremely unusual. generally, hurricane will come from western korean and combat the west coast oblique angle, this one is coming from the western gulf of mexico and is expected to make a pretty perpendicular approach to the west coast of florida and that's going to drive a storm surge even higher, the death of the inundation is going to be greater because

and you can go to florida faster fund.org florida disaster fund.org. if you have any questions, we're going to continue to support all remaining rescue missions that are that are underway and that may be needed in the near future. we're also continue to assess the damage that was done from the storm we also anticipate that because of the amount of water you may see flooding happened, not just now, but in the subsequent days. but i think everybody responded very quickly, proud of everybody's hard work. we've got more work to do, but we will we will absolutely get through this. okay. kevin guthrie governor. >> thank you for your leadership time and time again i know you in the state emergency response team will lead the charge as we respond to recover for from the storm hurricane milton officially made landfall. as you heard the governor say, the impacts from the storm are still being felt across north and east central florida, even right now, is that last banding train of rain starts to move off shore please, especially if you're in the areas if you're

live look at sanford, florida. hurricane milton is category one storm packing wind gusts up to 80 mile per hour. >> ainsley: the storm destroyed countless houses like this one in miami. houses and businesses are without power and rescue is underway, responders are helping people trapped in flood waters. we have footage of what unfolded ove overnight in tampa. >> grab her arm. >> grab her arm. i'm going to grab her arm. >> good to -- it is okay. bubba. it's okay. you're okay. >> that's it. >> that's it. >> let's go. >> steve: wow. >> ainsley: so sweet. >> brian: st. petersburg, strong winds ripping the roof off -- caught everybody by surprise. >> steve: before the storm made landfall, it unleashed a record number of tornados, leaving people dead in st. lucie. >> ainsley: this was used to house vehicles. >> lawrence: janice dean is here. first we go live to cocoa beach. the sun is up, bob. >> let me show you what is going on, lawrence. we have last rain ban moving through cocoa beach. we have winds in last hour clock

okay this is not a side swipe to the state of florida or the florida peninsula, as if you were driving a vehicle and another car. sideswipes you. this will be a t-bone crash. and what that means is it will maximize the energy potential with this approaching hurricane so even though we have a weakening storm on approach, it still has all that pent up energy as it reaches the coastline of florida. the expanding wind field this is the second concern for this meteorologist. it will double in size as it leaves the yucatan peninsula now, and makes its way towards florida. and there will be a moment in time overnight wednesday into thursday, where the state of florida will feel hurricane force winds from the west coast all the way to the east coast. that will knock down power. it will knock down trees and cause catastrophic damage along the coastline, especially where you see the shading of purple. it's also going to push up a lot of water kate. and that is my other concern with a nighttime landfalling major hurricane. and storm surge of 10 to 15ft from port charlotte to tampa and tampa bay t

the main role was played by individual migrants coming from the united states into florida florida. i don't know a lot about the did the high level diplomatic history between the u.s. and spain. i am early in this project so that's not something i've looked into yet. but what do see popping up in the records and over is a lot of migration for economic reasons from. the deep south from georgia south carolina really, primarily georgia into florida seeking to take advantage of the lawlessness, the chaos of this moment in spanish florida and that those americans sometimes end up having to get license to swear allegiance to the spanish crown. this continues picks up a lot in the 1790s. there is filibustering heading down into spanish florida as well. so it's it's really. the empire of liberty concept of individuals coming from the united states who are making themselves a their own thorn in the side the spanish and forcing some concessions eventually from the later spanish governors to permit them to worship freely. protestants, for example. that's one of the concessions that's made, bec

our correspondence is in florida. , , ., ., florida. this is normally one ofthe florida.of the busiest _ florida. this is normally one of the busiest districts - florida. this is normally one of the busiest districts in - florida. this is normally one| of the busiest districts in the city of tampa. as you can see it is pretty much deserted, almost no one is out here at the moment. there are mandatory evacuation orders for part of the city, those most at risk of flooding. where people are being ordered to get out. not everywhere is under a mandatory evacuation order, including where i am now, but people are being told to leave. ijust spoke to the chief of police who said they are going to some of those areas and going door to door to try to persuade the few people left that they need to take this seriously and leave. everyone is watching the maps very carefully to try and work out where exactly milton will make landfall. it's thought the middle of the night at around 2am here local time, with the question about whether it might hit right here in tampa, whether it might be

that is still 12 or more hours where florida _ florida.t is still 12 or more hours where florida will be - hours where florida will be experiencing very serious conditions, what happens after that? is there another hurricane or weather system coming close behind, weather system coming close behind, we saw hurricane hitting just last week. hurricane head leaned. tater? week. hurricane head leaned. very few commuter— week. hurricane head leaned. - few commuter models are showing that, the national hurricane sensor did not even mention that yet as well, we're taking one storm at time and with to make sure that we get through this and get everything rebuilds get structures rebuilds get people power back on and then if there is another system we have to prepare for that as well, but at this time there aren't strong indications of another system. that's a bit of good news for now, felecia bowser, meet your illicit in charge of the national weather service in tallahassee florida, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. thank you for “oining us on bb

i don't think florida did.hink it's a very powerful serious storm even as we speak tonight. >> we will know if they retire the name milton that's when it goes down in the history books. when area may have dodged a bullet but that's at another area taking in the chest. so we are all fuller radians we will band together the real work starts when the storm passes the state will come in with firefighters and police officers coming in with wildlife and the department of agriculture coming in as they come in to rescue people in need to rescue people as any medical attention and they start with the recovery. we went through this just south from where milton came in. floridians are resilient we've been through this before doesn't make it easier while going through. they did say hurricane season would be a bad one and they were right. >> bill: i've covered many a storm over the last 20 years in your state. and member seven years ago there were 67 counties affected by the storm. it won't be all of them this time but it's

what can we expect in florida? >> this is where all of the damage is happening, we can't show you where the worst storm surge is because it would not be safe but we know it is moving in. as we go down the coast all the way to naples it has been at least 5-6 foot storm surge. we have new significant damage tonight. the winds are still pushing the water against the coast. the black line is the center, just north of the center which has been over tampa, torrential rain, 2-3 inches per hour and now that is sliding along interstate 4. that is heading to disney and universal complexes as we go throughout the night. it is rare when i see purple on the map, that is 2-3 inches. you have another 3-4 hours to go which is why you could end up with a 4 1/2 of rain. that is why you are under a flash flood emergency in the tampa area. we have a couple of pages giving us readings, there is five feet in naples, fort myers, you are 4-5 feet in most locations. closer to the center in inglewood, venice, toward sarasota, that is where

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there are florida where we've been watching. so closely with this, is that center line right where here it is. here's a category three hurricane rights to 120 mile per-hour winds. the warnings with the trial this was the graphic that i wanted to get you to where we're looking at the center line of this. where we were worried about some storm surge coming into tampa bay, right? that eight to 12 feet of storm surge with this center line of that core of the a.i. going just to the south there of tampa bay, there will be more offshore wins in tampa bay, more of those seating winds and the worst that storm surge would be sarasota and areas to the south so it does look like that we have updated that storm surge forecast here from the hurricane center. you could see we didn't get a chance to update the boxes because this literally is coming in as i'm speaking to you. but you see the orange here. that's telling us that that storm surge around the tampa bay area looks like it was taken down a little bit because of the track is nudging tow

nuestro administrador estÁ en florida. y ahÍ tenemos personal. tambiÉn estamos en florida otra vez por el huracÁn milton, pero tenemos personal desplazado tambiÉn para el huracÁn glyn y continuamos apoyando esas tareas de recuperaciÓn de limpieza, fondos para las personas. es lo que nosotros hacemos. estamos con gusto lo hacemos. es para lo que nosotros servimos al pueblo de estados unidos. >> cÓmo funciona el proceso de recuperaciÓn despuÉs de un huracÁn? paso por paso? quÉ es lo primero que tiene que hacerse? lo segundo y cÓmo va avanzando esta recuperaciÓn? >> esto es muy buena pregunta, porque como dijiste tÚ, 12 horas despuÉs del huracÁn hay que esperar. les pedimos a las personas que tengan paciencia, no regrese a su casa si no se lo han indicado, espere a que sea seguro. puede que en unas zonas no haya tanto daÑo como en otra. entonces nosotros ya estamos llevando a cabo estas recaudaciones de daÑos. la administradora dianne criswell, de fema, como lo mencionÉ, pasÓ la noche en tallahassee. estÁ sobrevolando el Área

helene hit florida first.his is the second punch. 15 feet of life-threatening storm surge expected, and time is running short for people who actually want to get out of the way. and you might have to go a little bit farther away than you thought. orlando, places north of where we were first watching for could see a hundred mile an hour winds now with that windshield growing wider and wider. the footprint of the storm is getting bigger. this is outnumbered i'm harris faulkner with my co-hosts kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. also joining us fox and friends cohost carley shimkus and fox news senior medical analyst and professor of medicine at nyu health dr. marc siegel. mighty hurricane milton is turning toward a potentially catastrophic collision with florida's west coast. and i just explained the east coast of florida's going to hit it, too. going to feel it as well. they already have confirmed touchdown of tornados and a tornadic super cell now that has been spun off by milton. the wind is powerful enough

of the florida peninsula. so we're expecting hurricane conditions across a large swath of the central florida peninsula late wednesday into the day on thursday. that is the time frame we are quickly losing time for your preparations and evacuations this wind field will expand. it's going to double in size compared to its compact size that it has now, and that means it will be realized at its most maximum potential. so wind threat the catastrophic major winds will be felt well inland from the shoreline and it will push up a significant amount of water twice my height. in fact, depending on exactly where that eyewall makes landfall, there's a lot of rain associated a rare high risk of flash flooding across the central parts of florida come friday here's a satellite view of hurricane milton in the gulf. and also forest fires and heat out west. the fingerprints of climate change written all over this weather forecast today that is quite an image right there derek, thank you very much for all the updates, john. >>

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officials fearing the impact could reshape florida's coastline. millions urged or ordered to evacuate. the highways jammed. many gas stations running out. the national weather service warning now is the time to shelter in place. our full team coverage here in florida and al roker with a new track as we come on the air. >>> also tonight, the storm impacting the race for the white house. fema racing to reassure those in milton's path on the heels of the devastation from hurricane helene. kamala harris slamming donald trump over the misinformation he's spreading about the storm response. >>> plus, going out with a bang. one of the oldest hotel casinos on the vegas strip brought tumbling down as the city makes way for a big, new gamble. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" reporting tonight from florida's gulf coast. here is lester holt. >>> good evening from tampa. hurricane milton is here. while the eye of the strom has yet to make its official landfall along florida's west coast, milton is already making its mark heralding its arrival earlier w

that is the florida governor giving a l florida governor giving a briefing.benavides, who is in tampa for us. how are people responding to those warnings? find how are people responding to those warnings?— how are people responding to those warnings? and eat good morninu. those warnings? and eat good morning- we _ those warnings? and eat good morning. we know _ those warnings? and eat good morning. we know that - those warnings? and eat good morning. we know that folks l those warnings? and eat good i morning. we know that folks are listening to those warnings. there are lines and lines of vehicles leaving areas similar to where we are located here. it took about an hour and a half and what would normally take 20 or 30 minutes. we are in saint pete beach it is a barrier island community. so much of it was devastated by her the previous hurricane. it's notjust this, take a look behind me. all this debris out here. the concern is that it could get picked up by the wind and become a dangerous projectile. that's what officials are so concerned about. they are rush

— in florida? to be honest with ou, in florida? to be honest with you. does — in florida?est with you, does not, because we i in florida? to be honest with i you, does not, because we have received so much assistance, so much support from the federal teams. we have national guard standing by ready to assist the city of tampa. standing by ready to assist the city of tampa-_ city of tampa. and 'ust in terms oft city of tampa. and 'ust in terms of the i city of tampa. and 'ust in terms of the areas i city of tampa. and just in terms of the areas that i city of tampa. and just in i terms of the areas that you will be covering, what sort of distances can you get to in a situation like this? we just heard from the fema representative that there is a lot of debris that was left by helene. does that, in some respects, limit the scope of your operations? 50 respects, limit the scope of your operations?— respects, limit the scope of your operations? so one of the ositive your operations? so one of the positive themes _ your operations? so one of the positive themes with _ your opera

interstate 75 connects southwest florida to south florida and so on our drive last night, we ran into what you're taking a look at there, which is folks from this part of the state of florida deciding to go ahead and make the drive across the everglades into broward county. if you live in southwest florida that's probably the easiest drive m the storm. but then of course, the further north you are chances are folks there are trying to make their way a little bit more north in florida and then some folks are just trying to cross over into central florida because they're trying to get away from the storm one final note from me out here there are some concerns about the gas supply at gas stations across the state of florida. the governor already said that the state of florida recognizes this is becoming an issue and they've tapped into some of the state reserves to try to get some of these gas stations back with a supply of gas as we move forward and the storm inches closer jim. all right. i'm sure they're getting ready as quickly as they can carlos suarez in fort myers, thank you very m

asÍ entraba en florida con toda su furia.el potente y destructivo huracÁn milton ha emitido un aviso de inundaciÓn por emergencia en medio de las calles desoladas. sus poderosos vientos azotaron toda la costa y siguieron tierra adentro. >> we gotta go. we gotta go! >> las lluvias torrenciales y marejadas ciclÓnicas provocaron inundaciones repentinas, arrasando todo a su paso. >> querÍamos que vieran lo que significa un huracÁn de esta categorÍa. >> hay muertos, hogares y negocios destruidos. vÍas bloqueadas. las autoridades se preparan para evaluar la magnitud de los daÑos. aunque la destrucciÓn ya es palpable, se anticipa que tomarÁ mucho tiempo retomar la normalidad. ese es el principal objetivo de residentes y autoridades. >> muy buenos dÍas. les saluda julio vaqueiro. bienvenidos a este programa especial de noticias telemundo y noticias telemundo. ahora el huracÁn milton impactÓ esta noche en la costa oeste de la florida y es desde aquÍ donde estamos reportando hoy. el paÍs amanece para descubrir los efectos que a esta ho