we'll know a lot more about the damage, about what's happened here in fort myers, fort myers beach, ofsoon as the sun comes up. that will give us a better chance to really assess what's happened here. but power outages the big problem right now. flooding the big problem right now. and tornados. this has spawned two dozen or more tornados across the state, including one here in fort myers. one on the east side of the state that is obviously been blamed for a loss of life there. and so that's something that they are working through on the other side of the state. most every portion of florida right now under some type of emergency order, some type of emergency warning as this storm continues to push its way through. and still a category 1 hurricane. category 3 at landfall, and now losing some steam as it moves across the state but still causing some major problems. >> really tough especially when it comes to those anxious residents, jay, who have to wait until morning to see what the damage has left behind. all right. jay, thanks so much. >>> and coming up on "today", later this morning,

me encuentro en fort myers. la ciudad ha sido impactada por milton. se pueden ver en la pantalla. la playa estÁ cerrada. ya pudimos ver inundaciones. se experimentÓ un tornado que arrasÓ una comunidad, de destrozÓ techos y derribÓ tendidos elÉctricos. estamos en un Área donde no hay electricidad, el centro de la ciudad. tuvimos que desplazarnos, estÁbamos cerca del rÍo. el rÍo comenzÓ a aumentar el agua y fue inundando calles. es lo que tenemos por ahora. maity: gracias. son muchos videos que destacan en redes sociales por el impacto del huracÁn. vamos con detalles. reportera: el impacto de milton se ha sentido desde temprano. en florida se reportaron mÚltiples tornados y las imÁgenes son impactantes. este tornado fue captado por una cÁmara del departamento de transporte de florida, y descrito como grande y peligroso. el tornado estaba en una zona no muy poblada del condado de broward y atravesÓ la carretera i75. este otro tambiÉn fue registrado en florida. varias zonas han estado bajo vigilancia de tornado todo el dÍa. en este video vemos que un torn

he has south of me in fort myers, which was very badly hit. obviously in hurricane ian hundred and 50 people were killed in that storm wow, it is carlos. what is it like where you are not letting up at this point here in lee county across parts of fort myers where we are at this hour. >> we're looking at gaza i've anywhere between 15 to 60 miles per hour. and so what's happening right now is the flooding is really the big issue for parts of southwest florida. this storm, the hurricane, has made landfall, of course, to the north of me where you and boris and bill weir and everyone else and randi kaye is located what we're experiencing thank south of you guys is the storm surge. all of this water that is being pushed in from the gulf of mexico that has nowhere to go. the kaluza hatchie river, which is behind me here is pretty much at this point just blended into this street. there's really no way to know exactly where river kind of stands because the pier the beach area over there, that's at this point all of the water is just coming through on

cho ginger zee is in fort myers. i know the track can still change, but as of right now, when and where is this expected to make landfall? >> yeah, david, it looks right over say, bradenton, sarasota, and tampa bay, those are the heart of where we'll see that landfall making impacts. let me show you what's happening already here in fort myers, though. the storm passed us already, but we are just now taking on some of this dangerous storm surge. the gulf of mexico just beyond the sanibel causeway is starting to push onshore with the onshore winds. so, this is just the beginning of the storm, even though it has passed. all of that is going to play into what happens tonight. let me take you through the maps, because that cat 3, we've been forecasting it for days as a major hurricane making landfall here tonight. and now, it's upon us. northeast at 15 miles per hour. the thing is kind of cruising, it got picked up with that wind shear we've been talking about for days, awell. and it's interacting with a front. so, what's

they are bracing for a major storm surge in fort myers. that's also south of where i am, and sam brock is there. sam, it's already been a very dangerous day there. >> reporter: it sure has, lester. tornadic activity, at least one reported tornado by the weather service here in fort myers, as you mentioned, but the storm surge and all eyes on the caloosahatchee river behind me, and it reached street level. there are images of damage from that tornado. there are a half dozen emergency services right now, the cities that control them, lester, that have suspended going out and trying to save people. the reason being, once you get to 45 miles an hour or faster of sustained winds, they to say it's just too fast, we cannot do it. in lee county where we are right now, deputies at last check are actually still out there on the streets. there are 800,000 people who live here. about 400,000 of them are under mandatory evacuations. that extends all the way west about ten miles to those barrier islands like fort myers beach and sanibel island. you'll r

in fort myers. i know we've been reporting all morning long about the impact of this hurricane outside of the gulf coast of florida, the west coast of florida, a particularly when we were talking about now these tornadoes. i mean, we had at least four that were confirmed. we know one out in the western part of broward county, another one up in clearest in which is right where lake okeechobee is. and then again, these two other tornadoes that the folks out here are pretty certain is what caused all of this damage. >> kate carlos. thank you very much, john. >> just for the record, i can hear you. fine. >> thank you very much as always, the mellifluous sounds of kafle that in my ear, right? so the very latest is that four people have been confirmed dead from the tornadoes. >> governor desantis suggested that number could rise as we get more information, cnn meteorologist derek van dam is with us now. derek, what are you learning? >> well, listen, i think it's something for people in south florida when

think about fort myers, naples,well away from that center. we got to keep reminding people, you're not safe, even though you're not near the center of the storm. we'll continue to really message that as we can. the other part of this, flooding could last a while. unlike other areas with elevation, there's not much elevation in florida. so, some of these rivers are going to be slow to drain. some of these rivers could stay up for about a week after the storm. and the storm surge will act as a blocker to drain some of that rain on the inland areas. so that coo really be -- add some challenges with some communities with the flooding and recovery efforts, so some of the roads will be pretty impassible. so, i was looking at this, mr. president, madam vice president, yesterday, i said the clock is ticking and sounding alarm bells going off. people really need to start getting into their safe place. as always, the weather service remains on duty 24 by 7 to make sure decisionmakers have all of the information they need. >> ken, i'd like to focus on o

good news is we've been out on fort myers beach. we've been around fort myers. it looks like a lot of people did listen to those warnings did move to higher ground. let's talk about the psychological impact on the folks there when they've already been through. you know, saw colleen and now they have milton coming toward them. i mean, this is a deja vu. they didn't want to see so difficult. i mean, that was just two weeks ago. and now this storm, which is a much more powerful storm, is moving through. and consider that they've also gone through debby. and before that, two years ago, ian, there are people here still recovering from ian, still people trying to rebuild from that storm. and the others that followed. and now dealing with what is likely the strongest of all of those storms. and so, yeah, there's frustration here. there's obviously fatigue from all of this. and it is a very tough go. i talked to one of the families that was evacuating and they said, look, these next few hours may be the worst because we've worked so hard to get back on our feet here. no

this is a security camera outside a house in fort myers, florida. it picked up the violent winds of an apparent tornado let's go straight to our meteorologist, elisa raffa and seen in turkey headquarters. lisa where is milton right now? just how widespread is the impact including these tornado warnings? >> yeah. i mean, jake, it's still sitting 100 miles south and west of tampa, but the winds are just so wide. we now had a category three hurricane. it's got winds at 125 miles per hour at its center. so it is still a major hurricane and doing what the category number fool you. we have these tropical storm-force winds that stretch 300 miles. this has more than doubled the size from what it was yesterday. like we were talking about when the intensity fluctuated. look at how much wider got a wider storm means more people will be impacted across the state because these winds are just far-reaching. you could see wind gusts are ready nearing 50 miles per hour in st. petersburg naples. am i ami as well, these outer bands that have been coming onshore old da

little west towards fort myers.'t even getting complaint accurate ratings because we lost power there. the expectation is that the entire coast is flooding at this moment right now. naples 4.8 feet above normal high tide. that's higher than hurricane hellion. 3.9 feet in downtown fort myers and the peak is yet to come there later this evening. so there will be another flood event for all of southwest florida. tonight 90 mile-per-hour hurricane through orlando and the metropolitan area there in the dark tonight. after that it goes offshore. there is more as to the north of the storm that i wall structure comes across this part of florida 4-4 flash floods threat on top of the wind for and tornado threat over this corridor here. it's starting over here right now through tonight across the state has its own top of the record tornadoes that occurred earlier today. >> what we are seeing as it's hitting the west coast of florida in central florida with the high wind and potential flooding there and it should be off the eas

fort myers businesses are boarded up, and sandbags piled on in preparation for the storm. still, some residents say they plan to stick it out. >> i'm in highrise downtown. so i feel pretty comfortable where i'm at. i got plenty of food and supplies. >> reporter: a traveler filmed this empty terminal before she departed tampa's international airport, now one of several in florida to suspend operations as milton approaches. now we know several areas here including fort myers beach and sanibel are under a curfew, as well. really those officials trying to make sure that people get out of town long before we start to feel this which could happen any time now. >> nicole, thanks and stay safe out there. >>> an afghan man living in oklahoma city has been arrested on charges of plotting an election day attack in the u.s. the suspect has been identified as nasir ahmad tawhedi. federal officials say he was motivated by isis and was attempting to stockpile firearms and had taken steps to liquidate his family's assets and relocate members overseas. the fbi said he worked with an unname

joining us now is mayor kevin anderson of fort myers, florida. morning. please speak to us about the preparations your city has undertaken as to what is to be expected to come over the next 24 hours, and what sort of warnings are you giving your own citizens? >> we've taken all the necessary preparations. you know, we've made sure our storm drains have been cleared. we picked up debris. we've opened up the parking garages for people to park in at higher elevation. we've issued a state of emergency. there's an evacuation order. police have gone through neighborhoods announcing to people, we've gone into some of the older -- the retirement homes and encouraged people to go to shelter. now it's up to the people, and what's left for us is to see what happens with the storm and then how we respond. >> so you've been -- two decades as a public servant including as a member of the fort myers police department. you, of course, responded to a number of major storms like this. as milton is so huge as it barrels towards florida, what is your level of concer

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regreso con ustedes. >> alejandro isturiz muchÍsimas gracias por este reporte desde fort myers.a de una cuestiÓn de vida o muerte, segÚn las autoridades. mi colega julio vaqueiro acompaÑÓ un oficial en este recorrido. >> julio buenas noches aranza, muy buenas noches a esta hora es ya muy peligroso para las autoridades, para los equipos de emergencia, poder atender a las personas que quieran salir de casa. hay sitios en donde ya es imposible acceder. mira la fuerza del viento, mira la fuerza de la lluvia, pero apenas esta tarde nosotros junto a la policÍa recorrimos algunas calles de tampa y estuvimos acompaÑÁndolos en ese Último esfuerzo por hacer que las personas llegaran a un refugio seguro. esto es lo que vimos. mandatory evacuation order, has been issued for this area es el Último esfuerzo antes de milton. >> nosotros vamos a ir a palmetto beach. es una Área que es la mayorÍa son hispanos. >> y ella es la sargento rose. recorre las calles de tampa en busca de personas que todavÍa no han evacuado. creen que todavÍa hay personas en sus casas que no han querido evacuar en esa z

in downtown fort myers. the flooding at this point really just has not stopped. according to our meteorology department, the storm surge here in fort myers at this hour is about five feet. that number we expect could possibly a double through the night and into tomorrow. this part of fort myers beach, we expected to flood. right now. >> you can may behind me a whole lot because there's no power and the winds and the rain, but the kaluza hatchie river runs parallel to where we're going live for right now. and that river really started a breaching hours ago. and so at this point as far as i can see from where i live right now, all of this water is being pulled wish to this way by the storm surge that's coming in from the gulf of mexico. and what's happening out here is we're seeing the rainfall, we're seeing the flooding, we're seeing the storm surge. it's all coming together ahead of high tide. and so the concern going into the storm was going to be the surge because of all of this out on fort myers beach and

nora for fort myers directly hitting the sarasota area.ecovering from hellion and even hurricane ian two years later. looks like the governor has things ready with the national guard ready to go. at this point we can only pray that mother nature has mercy. ♪ ♪ >> sean:

robert murray in fort myers, florida, with the latest. robert?tha, all up and down the western seaboard of this pencil of florida and you can see fort myers beach behind me rain coming down already and you see some of the debris, that swept over from two years ago hurricane union. this is a category five storm and it is going to come in late wednesday evening they mix apm, 9:00 p.m. roughly but take a look at what fort myers beach has endured just in the past couple of months, tropical storm debbie flooding the beach out in early august unfortunately catching many people off guard and that less than two week six oh hurricane hilly making its way up the gulf coast and swamping parts of fort myers beach as well -- hey, in the meantime all across the gulf coast and those inside today mandatory evacuations are in play and there are literally thousands if not millions of people fleeing the coastline, sandbagging going on in my morning up windows on homes and businesses and people that are already frustrated and scared by what happened two years ago by

. >> we are in downtown fort myers in an area that is known to flood. and so what you're taking a look at is the biggest sure. had with this hurricane we're. >> seeing these kind of numbers. >> just to enable downing where it should be at this hour. >> again landfall here in lee county, it's a storm that i covered this part of fort myers flooded. it's a low-lying area. it is right next to the kaluza hatchie river which just about 20 minutes or so ago when i went over there to take a look at it, it has started breach that water is now starting to come in and a lot of this is happening because as this storm continues to make its way north, it is pushing that water from the gulf of mexico up into the kaluza hatchie river. and then you've got all of that rainfall. that's coming down from lake okeechobee coming down from central florida. and those two forces are coming together at this one and location. and in fact, just on the other side of the river out here, i can see the lights of transformers that are blowing and the two other things that have happened

but five feet of water is in the streets in the building in fort myers.in tampa, the water is still low. this is incredible. in east bay, they actually had an anti-surge. it's the opposite of the water. it went out. it dropped five feet. people could see the bottom of an entire bay in this area by the shoreline. now that water is beginning to creep back up. they're warning people don't go walking around out there, don't go looking around. that water will return. current wind gusts, 79 in winter haven. orlando, 54. we saw some of our gauges broke here when sarasota hit 102 and the power went out, we lost this wind gauge. the backside still slapping pretty hard. by about midnight, tampa should be, you know, at least getting done with the hurricane gust. by the time we get to 2:00, 3:00 a.m., the tropical storm forced winds should be dying off too. mostly in orlando, probably about 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and stephanie had, we're still getting these pictures in, hearing about reports of numerous fatalities earlier today. and so this storm has kind of done it all.

they are bracing for a major storm surge in fort myers. that's also south of where i am, and sam brock is there. sam, it's already been a very dangerous day there. >> reporter: it sure has, lester. tornadic activity, at least one reported tornado by the weather service here in fort myers, as you mentioned, but the storm surge and all eyes on the caloosahatchee river behind me, and it reached street level. there are images of damage from that tornado. there are a half dozen emergency services right now, the cities that control them, lester, that have suspended going out and trying to save people. the reason being, once you get to 45 miles an hour or faster of sustained winds, they to say it's just too fast, we cannot do it. in lee county where we are right now, deputies at last check are actually still out there on the streets. there are 800,000 people who live here. about 400,000 of them are under mandatory evacuations. that extends all the way west about ten miles to those barrier islands like fort myers beach and sanibel island. you'll r

we've encountered a few folks who said, look we've evacuated from fort myers beach. we just finished rebuilding our home there, but we're not going to ride out that storm. and in fact, we've also seen a few who fort myers police officers drive around in their squad cars. there are playing out a message on their loudspeakers, telling folks out here, look, this is a mandatory evacuation. you need to get out of here. you cannot stay here because of the flooding concern again, hurricane ian two years ago was a direct hits and the flood levels again, we're about four to five feet this if the projected path stays to the north, we're still looking at a storm surge anywhere between six to ten feet and so once all that water gushes in, the folks here know exactly the damage that they're in for all right. >> thank you so much for that report. needless to say, please stay safe, carlos, i want to now bring in fema associate administrator keith turi. thank you so much for being here, sir 20 million people are americans total are under storm warnings but i do want to start where c

>> well pam much of the damage that we have seen across south fort myers was really brought on by the four to five foot storm surge as well as these two tornadoes that we believe hit parts of lee county. so this one neighborhood that we're in south of downtown fort myers has started the cleanup for the folks out here are now in the process of trying to just remove all of this debris, this neighborhood is one of the two neighborhoods that we believe these two tornadoes hit. and what you're looking at now our crews, as well as the owner of this house. so they were on the roof of that one home there and they're taking apart portion of the roof that was torn apart by. again, this one tornado that was believed hit this area yesterday. the owner of the house is in front of that forklift there. he was saying earlier today that him and his family were inside of the house when hurricane milton continued to make its way north and because of all of the plywood that they had up around their house, they could not really tell what was happening outside, but they knew that something quite powerful w

so the folks here in fort myers and down in fort myers beach and over in sanibel, they're getting ready essentially for the possibility of a repeat in terms of the storm surge and the flooding that we are going to see we spent the day yesterday over in the downtown part here of the city folks there put up plywood, they had sandbags. they were trying to do everything as much as they can in an effort to try to keep a lot of this water out. a one final note, john, for me over on fort myers beach. i was there yesterday. it is a ghost town. the folks there were told to evacuate earlier this week and the city, the town there is now under a 24 hour curfew is ladd that the people appear to get out from fort myers beach because that is so vulnerable. there was so much destruction. there are a couple of years ago carlos suarez, thank you. from being in fort myers, stay safe, keep us posted. >> and with us right now for some more, chief barbara tripp, fire chief of tampa fire and rescue chief. thank you very much for taking the time. these are really the final moments to get the message out. talk

lo otro que se ha experimentado es inundaciones en las playas de fort myers, donde pudimos estar un mÁs autoridades indicaron que debÍamos salir, tambiÉn los residentes habÍa toque de queda bordeaban el puente que va en camino hacia la playa algo que golpeÓ mucho los residentes y fue impactante ver a las personas devastadas cuando vieron sus casas que estaban deshechas por el tornado que ocurriÓ aquÍ en fort myers, fue realmente triste. una gasolinera quedÓ destrozada, techo colapsado y en el piso totalmente tambiÉn Árboles derribados, tendidos elÉctricos. aquÍ sabemos que 180.000 personas estÁn sin servicio de energÍa elÉctrico, es toda la informaciÓn que les tengo o hasta el momento les informo desde fort myers florida. o regresÓ con ustedes. paulina: muchÍsimas gracias seguimos atento todo lo que siga, nos enlazaremos mÁs adelante. carolina: nos preguntamos a esta hora donde esta milton esta con nosotros esta querida jessica delgado para que nos cuente un poco mÁs de lo que pasa con milton a esta hora. jessica: asÍ es chica, milton continÚa siendo huracÁn de categorÍa uno se encuentr

this is from a short time ago in fort myers. can see the before and after of water coming up over this hotel pool. quite dramatic there. and just to show how dangerous this storm is, even with the storm still offshore, it is already causing damage. it has spawned several tornadoes which have been reported in the state, including in areas that are seeing flooding. this is a home in fort myers that was hit by one of those tornadoes. you can see the roof is ripped off and the interior already destroyed, and the hurricane itself hasn't even arrived. these pictures from space give you a sense of the size of the monster storm. it's bringing winds of up to 120mph — that's more than 193kph. some areas in florida are under an "extreme wind warning." and more than 250,000 residents are reportedly already without power. of course, milton comes only about two weeks after hurricane helene struck the state. many cities in florida have not yet finished cleaning up from that storm. just minutes ago, us presidentjoe biden outlined the dangers th

this home security camera captured a tornado roaring through a neighborhood in fort myers. everything suddenly going dark. another tornado spotted on a traffic camera crossing i-75 west of fort lauderdale. this shows just how far and wide the effects of this storm have been felt for hours. tonight here, my interview with the hurricane hunters from noaa flying into the hurricane, rocked by turbulence. what they witnessed inside the eye of the hurricane. and you're going to hear from the lieutenant commander just back on the ground tonight. president biden late today coming before the cameras warning of the dangers of this hurricane. and again, hurricane milton just making landfall as we the air here in the west ton tonight. the latest forecast from the national hurricane center. chief meteorologist ginger zee is live in fort myers with the very latest for us. >> now we have landfall at siesta key, about 75 miles to my north. look behind me. do you see that little shed and that door? the door handle is pretty apparent. and the surge has made it up there. we've had to climb up

en fort myers, un tornado arrancÓ el techo de esta casa, dejÁndola llena de escombros. >> this happenedpasÓ en cuestiÓn de minutos. >> otro imponente tornado danzÓ sobre la zona de los everglades sin causar lesiones o daÑos estructurales. cerca del lago okeechobee, en clewiston se vieron nubes en forma de embudo. la fuerza de los vientos y lluvias torrenciales ya han inundado parte de la costa oeste de la florida. en cayo hueso, el punto mÁs al sur del paÍs. fuertes lluvias y rÁfagas de viento ya azotan el malecÓn. el paso a las islas barrera desde sarasota hasta clearwater e icÓnicos puentes como el sky bridge en saint petersburg, esÁa cerrado. calles turÍsticas, comerciales y residenciales se ven completamente desoladas en zonas de evacuaciÓn con puertas y ventanas blindadas que le suplican piedad a milton. se anticipa que incluso quienes no estÉn en el trayecto del ojo de este poderoso huracÁn pueden sufrir las consecuencias de su fuerza. >> we can rule out fatalities, but we don't have any confirmed yet. >> hay quienes huyeron a Última hora, mientras los que se quedaron ya sienten e

look at those live images right now from tampa and fort myers.ain and wind picking up in florida as a category 5 hurricane named milton is barreling toward the state. florida congressman byron donalds is standing by with an urgent warning. he is with us in two minutes. >> lawrence: while americans are scrambling to find safety, the white house is brushing off criticism of their emergency response as misinformation. >> a lot of misinformation. >> misleads people. >> i'm going to divorce the disinformation that is being spread. your whole premise of the question is misinformation. >> ainsley: fbi foils an afghan national's plot to launch an election day terror attack. how he got here under the biden-harris administration. >> brian: second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ hurricane milton expected to make landfall along florida's gulf coast. >> lawrence: communities are rushing to clean up debris from the other hurricane, hurricane helene and look at this, government researchers flying into the eye of the hurricane. listen. good god. >> l

let's get right to cnn's carlos suarez in fort myers, carlos, what do you see in this morning?well, john, good morning. so we are in downtown fort myers, live along the kaluza hatchie river where just two years ago, hurricane ian really made a mess of things out here. the concern at this hour for the folks that live across southwest florida is the storm surge that we're going to to see because of hurricane milton right now, we're looking at anywhere between eight to 12 feet of storm surge depending on exactly where this hurricane ends up tracking everything here behind me along the kaluza hatchie is going to flood if these forecasted storm surge a holds a large part of the reason that this takes place is because the kaluza hatchie river runs from lake okeechobee in central florida out into the gulf of mexico. and so that kind of topography really allows itself. it lends itself for the fact that when all of this water begins to rush in from the gulf of mexico, when you add in all of the rainfall that's expected to hit this part of southwest florida. and then you throw in a high

and honestly, you heard the form or the mayor of fort myers talking about that as well? i think the fact that we had debbie and then fairly close on the heels of debby, we had helene i think that was a real wakeup call for a lot of people. and so i think this time we've had a pretty significant change in the response of people people eating those evacuations and getting out of the way, which is which is hugely helpful for us because of course you don't want to send emergency responders into dangerous situations because someone made a poor choice so i'm i'm i'm expecting to hear that that we did pretty well when we finally get in in the morning and are able to assess everything and go the statistics of the storm now, mayor, you also teach courses at on the environment at the university of south florida, st petersburg. >> and you just mentioned consecutive storms. what do you think people ought to know about the frequency of what's happening now? >> i think it's going to be in disarray, gets thrown around a lot, but it's going to be the new normal where we're seeing some v

i should want to go live to cnn's carlos suarez who's in fort myers, florida because he has an update right now on tornadic activity, carlos, what are you seeing where you are yeah. >> that's right, boris, just so about an hour ago, a strong line of thunderstorms have moved across downtown fort myers. here are some of the worst weather that we have seen associated with a hurricane milton and as you noted, there have been two confirmed at tornadoes by the national weather service out of miami that first tornado was in western broward county near i75, which is one of the primary evacuation routes for folks that are trying to get from the west coast of florida over to the east coast of florida. that second confirmed tornado go was out by clue austin? that is right near lake okeechobee and it is also along another road that connects the west coast to the east coast of florida. and now we're looking into the possibility here in fort myers that there may have been some damage about ten to 15 minutes from where we are to give you a sense of exactly are located shan earlier today, i was live

toque de queda para fort myers.e estamos en la parte del rÍo al lado y prÁcticamente la luz que se ha ido en muchas partes, y tuvimos durante el dÍa, y allÍ tuvimos que salir, media que fuimos aproximado, el agua, las inundaciones que llegaron hacia las casas, tambiÉn los negocios, los experto o le dijeron que serÍan oleajes de hasta cinco y 10 pies de altura, lo que hemos visto en las imÁgenes, pero una de las cosas y las personas que estÁn muy al armadas esos tornados que han experimentado los negocios, los Árboles y todo tras su paso, los fuertes vientos aquÍ son evidentes, nosotros estamos tratando de llevar la mejor noticia posible para que se informados, pero la madre naturaleza parece ensaÑarse con el Área de la florida, el nuevo tornado, el sol informaciÓn que les tengo por el momento, y ahora regreso al estudio. ilia: bueno, la gran amenaza del huracÁn milton una cosa esta la florida esta interrumpiendo las rutas de barcos de pasajeros. fÉlix: y los vuelos la carolina ya cancelaron mÁs de 1800 buenos, nos d

aquÍ en manasota, aquÍ, a 80 millas al norte de fort myers.nundaciÓn poder regresar a sus hogares en otras zonas como charlotte harbor, las filas para comprar gasolina son eternas. mientras en fort myers, una de las zonas tambiÉn devastadas, equipos de trabajadores, muchos de ellos hispanos, trabajan contra el reloj para limpiar las calles y permitir que los negocios puedan reabrir sus puertas. >> tratar de que se vuelva a reactivar el turismo. esta ciudad maneja o vive mucho del turismo? >> este domingo el presidente joe biden visitÓ tampa y san petersburg, florida, donde reafirmÓ el compromiso del gobierno federal con el estado. la reconstrucciÓn llevarÁ tiempo, pero trabajaremos juntos para restaurar la vida en florida, dijo el mandatario. pero para residentes como steven, el rehacer su vida tiene retos adicionales. >> no tenÍamos seguro porque la casa era muy vieja. el el lo que ellos estaban pidiendo era mucho, pero incluso aquellos con seguro enfrentan una recuperaciÓn desafiante. >> la industria de seguros estÁ categorizando las torment

dayan guerrero pudo conversar con algunos de estos residentes en fort myers.encias a irse. y si se van a otro lado donde piensan quedarse? >>anoche dormimos en el carro. dayan: su primo juan josÉ hernÁndez revisar por Última vez lo que hasta hace dÍas era su vivienda. >>nos quedamos sin residencia. nosotros dormÍamos en el trÁiler alquilado y ahora lo entregamos porque creemos evacuar de aquÍ porque es un riesgo que no queremos tomar. dayan: la preocupaciÓn mÁs grande dicen es la mÁs pequeÑa de la familia. >>el mayor miedo es por ella, de lo que vaya a pasar. por eso nos queremos ir, pero no tenemos para donde. dayan: hace menos de dos semanas el huracÁn helene dejÓ fuertes lluvias y vientos y aÚn se recupera. por eso les sÁnchez no tienen claro para donde ir con sus cuatro hijos. >>nosotros vimos en casa mÓvil, se llena de agua, por eso decidimos venir aquÍ para el refugio. dayan: uno de los tantos lugares habilitados para resguardar a los residentes del Área. >>aquÍ te ayudan, te pasan comida o agua. pero fuera va estar cerrado la tienda o si se nos va la lu

alejandro iturri se encuentra en la playa de fort myers. alejandro. afectados por la trayectoria de milton. cuéntanos. buenas tardes. hola. qué tal? cómo están? con una incipiente lluvia sobre fort myers beach que no tiene relación directa todavía con el huracán. quiero contarles que 23 millones de personas en el estado van a recibir de una u otra manera los impactos del huracán milton. y aquí mismo en fort myers beach, la orden de evacuación se cumplió en un alto porcentaje. ayer lunes, a las 15:00 de la tarde, venció el tiempo para salir y ponerse a salvo, pero mucha gente se quedó aquí para ayudar. aquí se metió 12 pies la última vez. esperamos ver un search de 7 pies a 8 pies. vamos a ver lo que va a pasar, pero estamos preparando para lo peor. el tema de los desechos de la basura acumulada es otro gran problema. ustedes pueden ver lo que tenemos aquí, una montaña enorme. todo esto es producto. el huracán elín un verdadero problema, porque si esto sale disparado como proyectil, cuando llegue el huracán milton puede provocar un serio daño. tengo qu

this is from a short time ago in fort myers. you can see the before and after of water coming up over this hotel pool. quite a dramatic amount of water there. and just to show how dangerous this storm is, even with the storm still offshore, it is already causing damage. it has spawned several tornadoes, which have been reported in the state, including in areas that are also seeing flooding. this is a home in fort myers that was hit by one of those tornadoes. you can see the roof is ripped off and the interior already destroyed, and the hurricane itself hasn't even arrived. these pictures from space give you a sense of the size of the monster storm. you can really see the scale of hurricane milton there, making its way towards the outline of the state of florida there, and just the vastness of that. winds gusts have been measured on land as high as 90 miles per hour — that's 144 kilometres per hour. some areas in florida are under an "extreme wind warning". very, very dangerous conditions there. and more than 250,000 residents ar

cuÁl es el saldo en fort myers? >> asÍ es. decÍa que sentÍan los vientos como entraban en sus hogares y a esa hora mucha gente perdiÓ electricidad. o sea que llevaban mÁs de 12 horas sin electricidad. >> por la escena que nos mostraste, andrea, se ve un daÑo considerable en esa zona. cuÁl es la mayor preocupaciÓn de las autoridades a esta hora en fort myers? >> la verdad que eso. los cables elÉctricos que se han caÍdo. como les digo, hubieron muchos tornados que no esperÁbamos que iban a ocurrir. esos vientos altos en la medianoche que tumbaron muchos de esos postes elÉctricos. entonces ahorita lo que queremos es que la gente no salga a conducir, porque al pasar encima de esos cables es un peligro. sabemos que puede comenzar un incendio, entonces eso es lo que ahorita estamos tratando de arreglar y le pedimos a la gente que se quede en sus hogares en estos momentos todavÍa si una persona que pueda estar en peligro, atrapada, quÉ tiene que hacer? >> cuÁl es la recomendaciÓn que estÁn dando? >> ya en estos momentos estamos ponie

sonia aparicio sÁnchez fue a fort myers y hablÓ con hispanos que luchan por recuperarse. >> nosotros su casa, su hogar por los pasados dos aÑos. >> quÉ tanto perdiste todo lo que estÁbamos acumulando toda la vida. >> memorias de la familia, televisiones, eso, lo otro material no importa. pero lo tira a nosotros como diez aÑos para atrÁs y ellos ya decidieron que no se quedarÁn aquÍ. >> aquÍ, a 80 millas al norte de fort myers. este fue el nivel que alcanzÓ el agua. por eso las autoridades hasta hoy domingo le permitieron a sus residentes debido a los daÑos de inundaciÓn, poder regresar a sus hogares en otras zonas como charlotte harbor, las filas para comprar gasolina son eterna. mientras en fort myers, una de las zonas tambiÉn devastadas, equipos de trabajadores, muchos de ellos hispanos, trabajan contra el reloj para limpiar las calles y permitir que los negocios puedan reabrir sus puertas. >> tratar de que se vuelva a reactivar el turismo a esta ciudad. maneja o vive mucho del turismo? >> este domingo el presidente joe biden visitÓ tampa y san petersburg, florida, donde reafirmÓ e

southwest florida airport in fort myers shutting down operations tomorrow and thursday. ort lauderdale will remain open but officials say continue to monitor the situation and check with your airline carriers. the airlines are trying to help their customers. if you have scheduled travel across florida they are offering waivers for fees you might incur, united waiving fees for the differences in the airfare, or change waivers, american airlines, southwest, spirit offering similar waivers through thursday. we have our eye on some stocks moving ahead of milton's landfall. generac is the leading provider of backup power generation. it so important at this time. we see they are sliding today slightly but they are up more than 9% in the last week. in the insurance industry, they've been tallying the losses after hurricane helene, now we are bracing for american milton. it's number one provider of commercial residential insurance in florida. it is up slightly today, higher than 1% but down more than 12% in the last week, fort lauderdale based universal insurance, two second high

actually want to take you about two hours south to fort myers. that's where we find cnn's carlos suarez, who's been serving preparations throughout the day carlos, what does it look like? there are you hearing from folks who are eager to get out boris, storm preparations are well underway here in lee county. >> a business owners began and i'll boarding up their businesses earlier today. all in anticipation of hurricane milton as it continues on the path that it is currently on. this one business here, went the extra step, what they've done is they've put out an inflatable raft and they've a dam rather, and they've filled it with water. all of this is an effort to try to keep the floodwaters that are expected to hit hear from getting inside their business. they've also set up these bags that they think could absorb a lot of this water. i can tell you though that the forecasts right now is currently calling for anywhere between 16 to eight feet of a storm surge. so i gotta be honest with you. i'm not entirely sure if that number does hit whether an

i wonder for you for people that live in the fort myers area.hink we lost him. >> the roads weren't clear. that might be the answer. the sun now up in florida revealing devastating flooding as winds and rain continue to batter the state. as storm chaser brings us the latest of what he saw. >> steve: that is a street in orlando that is flooded. ♪ ♪ some days, you can feel like a spectator in your own life with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they start. and treatment is 4 times a year. in a survey, 91% of users wish they'd started sooner. so why wait? talk to your doctor. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection site pain, fatigue, and headache. don't receive botox® if there's

want to go back to ginger on fort myers beach.e that ocean water and push it up on fort myers beach which still has holes and construction from ian. we expect 8 to 12 feet of storm surge. easily could float some soft trailers and train cars. let's talk about the storm. yes, it's quite far, but it is cruising. starting to interact with the front, so it is expanding. it will expand its wind field an also its push of water. that's why we'll talk about surge. we are still looking at landfall tonight somewhere near sarasota, venice. right on the south side of tampa bay. lot of impacts down to naples. across the state, too, it's still a hurricane by late tomorrow morning trying to make its way to the atlantic. near the space coast there. jacksonville you also have 2 to 5 feet. naples 5 to 8 feet. here, punta gorda, 8 to 12 feet of surge. it's 9 to 15 and that right front eye wall, the dirty side, venice, rotunda, definitely sarasota and bradenton. anna maria at 9 p.m. the winds 120 miles per hour. the storm might be lopsided with a lot

we know that there has been standing water in the downtown fort myers area.rm surge that so many forecasters talked about causing issues not only here but across the state. in st. petersburg we know the wind ripped a section off the roof of topicana field. it's just going to be an issue of getting out, assessing what's happened here, and those power crews able to get in once the sun comes up and really get to work trying to restore some of that power. though, in some of the hardest hit areas, jonathan, and we've talked about this it's going to take not days but perhaps weeks to get that power restored. >> and jay, just remind viewers just the devastation that fort myers region has faced from previous storms in recent years and now with this. >> reporter: it's been such a rough go. no, you're absolutely right, jonathan. we had hurricane helene two weeks ago and significant damage in this area, and still debris out, so that's been scattered by this storm. and debbie before that. and really two years ago with ian, what a devastating storm that was for this regio

specifically parts of fort myers at fort myers beach. i wonder what led you to the decision?y in and shelter in place again, this time. >> what were relocated? >> a little bit higher up here in former colonial, or we're at nine feet of flood level. >> we're about 25 minutes away from fort myers beach so we wrote us out and didn't have an issue during ian, so we decided to stay for this event you're not anywhere near the beaches that you made it through hurricane ian i wonder are you sticking around with your family who were sheltering in place with yes. >> my families currently here with me we are staying here. my other family, my parents went to the east coast, we just felt that it was important for them to leave but again, were hunkered down in have our generators in water and ready for the event to happen that is so important to be ready for a storm like this. >> i'm also curious about how well you did during hurricane helene that was just about two weeks ago it impacted folks for miles and miles. were you able to get any of the debris that might have come across your area

and so it is just pushing its way into fort myers. as you said, this part of fort myers was destroyed, was flooded out by i hurricane ian in 2022. this part of lee county, i was covering right after the hurricane hit and all of this was under at the time about ten feet of storm surge and so what we're expecting the next couple of hours and into tomorrow is more of this flooding we're expected to see anywhere right now, at least according to the forecast, is between eight to maybe 12 feet of storm surge when everything is said and done, anderson, to give you some context and perspective, hurricane ian again made a direct landfall here in lee county and the storm surge was well over ten feet across this part of lee county. and the storm which is going point to make landfall where you are to the north of me. it's not going to make a direct impact here. and we're talking about some flooding that might be at that number if not higher. and we're already starting to get a better grasp of some of the flooding out in collier county in naples a

fort myers mayor kevin anderson is back with us and democratic laura congressman former fema directored moscowitz, what he makes of this and our hurricane specialist brian norcross. we got a lot to get to so let's get to it. first with kindle in naples, florida. how are things looking? >> we are experiencing the wrath of milton's out of rain bands. heavy, torrential rain, gusty wind and tornado warnings. we've artie had multiple tornadoes that have been produced so far today. one tornado crossed i 75 which is located just behind me. we are located in naples at the golden gate area of naples and just off from i 75 and we are in right now zone d, evacuation zone d but we are six miles away from the coastline in this direction so we've been watching throughout today as folks have been finishing up those last-minute preparations and getting to shelter. we are in a hotel parking lot here in naples and taking shelter because we are under a tornado warning right now, until 12:fifteen p.m. . the area of rotation is located just to the north of us so it's moving away from our location to the n

the vulnerable area will be from tampa down to fort myers up to 15 feet. south of bradenton right now. tampa you're up to 12 feet. still a record for you. you set a record storm surge with helene two weeks ago and then now as we go further southward anna maria, long boat key, venice, inglewood upwards of 15 feet. that will destroy this area. that's why people have been urged to evacuate. the water will be on top of your homes. you cannot escape it. high tide we didn't talk about that. the storm surge will come in some cases on top of high tide. you pile in the storm surge and waves, not survivable and why it is such a dire situation. i don't want you to focus on the -- that's just the winds and winds will impact the coast and inland heavy rain as well. upwards of a foot north of the center of circulation. it's the storm surge that is really going to cause the worst damage and the life-threatening water along these vulnerable coastlines. >> dana: i'm reminded of hurricane sandy, also hitting at high tide. >> a very good example. that wasn't technically a hu

especially from fort myers, mel burn, fort pierce, arcadia. orlando is north of that. for the most part, we'reoing to be watching in area, especially over the next couple of hours as we see milton get closer. now, here's the path coming in, tracking the storm. we expect it to make landfall as probably a category 3. do not pay attention to the category. that is not what's important. within this cone of uncertainty, you can see depending on the track, and we get a wobble of 10, 15 miles either way, that will affect the storm surge. for example, right now, this pushes the water away from tampa, st. pete. if this moves to the north, all of it, by 10, 15 miles for landfall, that begins an historic land surge, a water surge, i should say, for tampa bay, and sarasota. then if it moves to the south of there, we could be looking at a major impasse for fort myers on into naples. what is the storm surge, it is this wall of water that starts to push in. the peak surge expected midnight to 5:00 a.m. sarasota, venice beach, boca grand, fort myers, 8 to 12 feet. as the system makes i

in fort myers waves crashing above the storm walls.icials saying around 31,000 people are staying in the nearly 150 shelters across the region. bradenton's mayor had given dire advice for those waiting out the storm in their homes. >> write your name on your arm so we can identify you. we're all talking the same way. >> the wind is just whipping. the rain is just constant. the water coming in through the windows, you know, the doors are rattling. it's getting pretty rough out there. >> david: dr. megan martin sheltering and working in a hospital in st. petersburg expecting day break will bring more people in need. >> as soon as the weather gets better, we will start to see patients really start to pick up. we'll start to see people with falls, with lacerations, with bruises, with broken bones, people moving things around, stepping on nails just with all of the debris and people trying to help, you know, fix their homes up. >> we have a tornado in front of us. >> david: this hurricane causing havoc well before it made land fall spawning

today in fort myers schools and the city offices we know are all closed.clock to try to collect the debris as well from hurricane helene to kind of prepare for the next go. where do those efforts stand this morning? >> so yesterday we had an all hands on deck with our public works teams and solid waste teams. by the end of the day, we had the degree bring picked up. that doesn't account for anything people may put out today. the solid waste center is closed where we dump. so, we can only pick up so much and if we don't have a place to dump it, we're stuck. >> fort myers could see up to a ten-foot storm surge. we just saw that live shot from jesse showing how in his area of sarasota there had been the storm surge that was about five feet and when you think about twice as high, overhead. this was before you were mayor, you worked for the fort myers police department for 24 years. you have seen hurricanes before. how does milton compare, do you think? >> i have never been so concerned about a storm in my career. i've been through andrew, charlie, all of those