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the outer bands of the storms already had in the gulf coast. has braced for what many described as the storm of the century. our correspondents are there. we will speak to one resident that decided to stay. will they ever recover from the wake of hurricane en? 97% of damage assessmentwere downgraded by insurance companies. it could be a disastrous 12 hours for tens of thousands of american families. welcome to the program. there is to driving wind and torrential rain already arrived in florida. there are at least 10 active tornado warnings in the region. we have been tracking an extremely dangerous tornado heading north towards fort myers. right now milton is 150 miles southwest of tampa with sustained wind 145 miles per hour and soon it will push water onto the coast with a storm surge of 15 feet expected in the worst hit areas likely to be somewhere south of tampa bay close to sarasota. there is barely enough time to get out. major roads and bridges will close in the next few hours and from that point, those who stay will be on their own. thi

wide as the florida peninsula, and it's expected to maintain hurricane force all the way from the gulf coastthe atlantic. cbs's rob marciano is about 45 miles down the coast from here, in bradenton, with new information just in on milton's path. rob, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, vlad, i can tell you this, we are gusting to hurricane strength here and our phones just went off saying in this county emergency services have been suspended. i expect our phones to go off again in just an hour or so. they say extreme wind warning is going to be in effect. the latest on the storm is that it is less than 50 miles off the coast now and moving at about 15 miles an hour, so that means it is coming in before midnight and we are going to get hurricane-force winds and some of those extreme winds over 100 mile-per-hour in the next hour or two. so we have already seen over 100 reports or tornado warnings. several reported tornadoes. flooding rains, and more of that is all to come. the track itself is going to come right over bradenton, looks like, landfall around 9:00 or so, and then traverse the en

nbc news forecasts it will reach florida's gulf coast early thursday morning, many facing bumper to bumperraffic heading out. some areas of florida empty, except for piles of debris from hurricane helene, and officials are running out of time to clear it before milton. we are doing here in the bay area at sfo, passengers are arriving from miami. ronald and his wife were visiting the bahamas. it started raining like cats and dogs. i mean, we saw the streets starting to flood. so we say, guess what? it's time to get out of here. so we ended up going to the airport. we end up we had to they had to change our flight and california tonight sending task force teams to respond to hurricane milton. the menlo park fire protection district is a host to one of the fema urban search and rescue teams, made up of fire departments from san francisco down to san jose. one team of more than 40 members already left sunday in route to florida. however, today they did bump it up to what's called the type one response. so now we are sending almost 40 more people, so we'll have a total of 80. the additional tea

now as hurricane milton category 4 churning in the gulf of mexico about to make its way into the gulf coast potentially a landfall near sarasota south of where i'm at in tampa. in the meantime the garrison channel that leads into the hillsborough and tampa bay out into the gulf of mexico. tampa is preparing now. mandatory evacuations in play all across this region and the barrier islands as the rain falls and winds continue to gust here this afternoon in tampa. those barrier islands, serious issues right now. they are expecting up to ten to 15 feet of storm surge. remember, less than two weeks ago hurricane helene ravaged that area bringing in five feet plus of storm surge pushing in sand and destroying structures, ripping out livelihoods. all those piles of debris still sit on the sides of many of those barrier islands. there wasn't enough time to move them because of mandatory evacuations as milton formed in the gulf of mexico. the wind field has expanded in a big way. many of the communities from naples and tampa will experience basically hurricane conditions like they have not seen in m

dockworkers along the east and gulf coast are hidedeaded back work after reaching a tentative agreement on wages. the u.s. maritime alliance and the international long shore mens asocsociation have agreed end the work stoppage until january 15. it would raise wages 61.5% over six years while automation talks are still under way. ports from maine to texas have been shut down since monday night, raising supply chain concerns. president biden thursday praised both sides for getting a tentative deal done that reopens the ports. we'll have more on this with cnbc's charlotte reed in just a few minutes. >>> the united states has organized a second flight out of lebanon for americans. up to 250 citizens and their immediate family members have now fled the war-torn country on special chartered airplanes. the state department spokesperson said the u.s. would continue to evacuate americans by air. all this as israel expands its ground operations in the south of lebanon. and the bombing of the capital city beirut. for the latest, let's turn to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good m

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will return to the job, and gulf coasts will return to thejob, at least and gulf coasts will returnast untiljanuary the job, at least until january 15 the job, at least untiljanuary 15 and the idea is to try and get both sides time to return to the negotiating table and work on some of those lingering issues. we know and there were questions about whether or not there would be any improvement on retirement benefits offered on retirement benefits offered on healthcare, but perhaps the biggest issue of all was automation and when i was at the picket line earlier this week at the port of newark, one of the busiest on the east coast, there were lots of signs, people saying automation doesn't feed family, a lot of anger and concern that essentially had advanced technology would replace them and theirjobs and that is what they saw this fight primarily as being about, so the question is will there be any progress between now and january 15? i reached out to the union, the ila, but have not heard as to whether there has been any movement on this key issue. to the us now, where markets will

sometime tomorrow on the gulf coast of florida. according to its facebook page, the american red cross northern california coastal region has already deployed almost 70 people here from the bay area to the southeastern part of the united states, some already to deal with hurricane helene, which hit the east coast a couple of weeks ago. and, of course, to support future victims of hurricane milton on the peninsula. the menlo park fire protection district, which manages fema's urban search and rescue teams, which are, by the way, made up of fire departments from san francisco down to san jose, has already sent one team a team of more than 40 members already left sunday and wrote to florida and yesterday they got a call for another 40 people who will be leaving later today and tomorrow. their exact destination in florida to be determined. a lot of that's going to depend on, you know, how hurricane milton hits and where there is damage and where there appears to be life that needs to be rescued. we were also at sfo yesterday where we s

the first strike of the east and gulf coasts is over for now. the long sshoremen strike appea to be over the union has been highly vocal about the opposition to automation its has been featured on signs at union protests in new jersey and other locations all the way from maine down to texas cnbc spoke with ila president on the first day of the strikes on tuesday. he said then the union was looking for a 61.5% raise over six years of the contract. we have not gotten confirmation that was the final number reached on wages we will reach out for more clarity. you see me talking to him there. 61.5% over the next six years. the use of automation is a key sticking point as they try to hammer out a permanent agreement. just for context, 4% of ports globally are automated or semi automated. 4% to 5% a tentative agreement on wages have been reached. union workers are expected to go back to work from maine to texas and both sides will continue to negotiate. i can't emphasize this enough. key is automation. we are getting new insight how this deal was reach

we will experience hurricane force winds from the coast, the gulf coast, all the way to the atlantic coast we have seen the radar poppy and i already from key west and there have been tornado warnings in miami dade in advance of this storm that is continuing as we speak, storm surge, the forecast here has not gotten any better. kasie, this will inundate homes and it will inundate businesses all right. >> derek van dam for us. derek, a busy day ahead. thank you very much. up for that update will be back with you throughout the next couple of hours. as milton closes in on florida, the u.s. department of health and human services is declaring a public health emergency in the state this is the second time the department has made that declaration in florida in just the past two weeks, joining us now to talk about the impact, we're going to see during and after the storm is dr. ben. aibo. he is an emergency physician and a rescue team doctor. doctor. thanks very much for being up with us this morning as residents, continuing to evacuate here, you've responded to these types of disasters bef

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. >>> it could be a rainy day along the gulf coast. angie lassman is backtracking the trouble for us. >> mostly all quiet across the country. we'll have a couple showers that will really start to ramp up as the week goes on across the gulf coast. for now things look pretty good. we've got warm temperatures we're tracking out toward the middle of the county and the southwest. upper 80s in kansas city, not feeling like fall in dallas or chicago with mid-70s on tap today. here's what we're watching as we get to the end of the week and into the weekend. we've got an area, a broad area of low pressure that potentially could develop here, something in the gulf of mexico. but either way, this is something that brings plenty of rain to folks across the gulf coast, louisiana stretching into florida. this will be something we watch as we get into the weekend. big picture look at the weekend, the warmth continues across the rockies. we'll see plenty of sunshine for basically everybody else. it will be another nice day across the east. and warm te

. >>> dock workers in ports on the east and gulf coast are hitting the picket lines. from maine to texas more than 45,000 workers have gone on strike over disagreements about wages and automation. economists fear that if the strike lasts more than a few weeks it could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods. >>> major league baseball's all-time hit king and cincinnati reds legendary player pete rose has died. spending most of his career with the reds, rose earned the nickname charlie hustle because of the way he sprinted around the diamond and often slided head first when stealing bases. he won three world series and accumulated more than 4,200

expected to continue well into the morning. >> and while hurricane milton is battering florida's gulf coastmillions of people on florida's atlantic coast are also in for a rough time. earlier in the day, cbs' tom hanson met one couple in daytona beach who decided to ride out the storm. >> we've been here since 2015. >> reporter: jeff hurd and alice gibson moved to be closer to the beach, the 21st floor of a luxury high-rise. >> a lot of flooding. hollyhill gets flooded. >> reporter: as hurricane milton creeps closer, they're staying put. >> if you have the plan, you know, it helps. >> reporter: the couple has lived in the area for 36 years, riding out every storm, including hurricane ian in 2022. from their balcony window, they watched the storm surge rise. the same 3 to 5-foot surge is expected here tomorrow by noon. after ian, it was days before electricity and water were restored. flooding isn't their concern, but high winds are. all the glass surrounding their apartment may not withstand hurricane-force winds. >> if something were to happen, the windows would blow out. and that would be

on florida's gulf coast. this point looks relatively calm, but of course, we're going to keep an eye on this. we're going to take you live to tampa to see how people are preparing. that's in just a little bit this morning. hezbollah launched its largest barrage of rockets into northern israel. the rocket attacks targeted the city of haifa, the iron dome intercepted many of the rockets, but at least one person was hurt. israeli attacks in southern lebanon have killed at least 1400 people since late september. israel reports it killed the commander of hezbollah's headquarters in beirut. >> cool. netanyahu. netanyahu says he wants to return the settlers. we say to him that the number of displaced people will more than double. >> tel aviv also continues to be targeted. the houthis in yemen launched a missile that was intercepted monday, followed by five rockets fired by hezbollah later monday night. >> our time is 502. they were pro-palestinian protests on bay area college campuses the day after the one year anni

tens of thousands of dockworkers on the east and gulf coast are heading back to work today — after theirit comes after they reached a �*tentative' deal with port operators that will see their pay rise more than 60% over the next ten years. the port shutdown — in place since monday — was costing the us an estimated $5 billion a day — with long queues of container ships backing up outside ports. michelle fleury has been following the story. they have suspended this strike. so, in other words, tens of thousands of dock workers along the east and gulf coasts are going to return to the job at least until january 15th. and the idea here is to try and give both sides time to return to the negotiating table and kind of work on some of those lingering issues. we know that there was questions about whether or not there would be any improvement on retirement benefits that were offered on health care, but perhaps the biggest issue of all was automation. and when i was at the picket line earlier this week at the port of newark, one of the busiest on the east coast, you know, there were lots of signs,

a range of goods flow through the east and gulf coast ports.rything from raw materials and pharmaceuticals, to clothes and toys, with the ports accounting for more than half of containerized imports. while consumers may not feel the impact of the strikes right away, if it extends for weeks, it could lead to shortages and high prices ahead of the presidential election. that is something new york governor kathy hochul weighed in on. the potential for disruption is significant. we have not had an event occur like this in our ports since 1977 and that lasted 12 days. we are deeply concerned about the impact that a strike could have on our supply chains, especially when it comes to critical goods like medical supplies and others. under the i947 taft—hartley act, president biden has the authority to order striking dock workers back to work but the current administration has said it would not intervene and encourages all parties to keep negotiating in good faith. the chairman of the federal reserve has dampened hopes of another big rate cut. jerome po

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, reporting tonight from florida's gulf coast. here is lester holt. >> good evening and welcome from st. pete beach, where neighborhoods like this still bear the scars of the last hurricane to come through here, helene. now the area tonight bracing for what's about to come, hurricane milton, now barely 30 hours away from making a historic landfall here along florida's gulf coast. it could wind up being the strongest hurricane to hit the tampa bay area in a century. officials warning an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. as expected, milton's intensity has fluctuated, right now back to a category 5, which were we begin tonight with al roker and some new tracking updates. what's the latest, al? >> lester, we are watching this system intensifying now. 165-mile-per-hour winds, category 5, moving northeast at night. the track brings it a little south of tampa, so they may be spared the worst of that storm surge, but it's still going to be bad when we make landfall some time wean 12:00 and 3:00 a.m. maybe an hour or so

this is dw news live from berlin, a powerful hurricane strikes the us, gulf coast. hurricane milton makes lands fall in florida as waters from the gulf of mexico. surge of shore and tornadoes ripped through communities farther inland. millions have sought shelter after being ordered to evacuate. also coming up, president biden slams what he calls an honest lot of lies spread by donald trump and his supporters about to disaster. including a claim that the government is manipulating the weather. the . i'm david lab, it's good to have you with us. hurricane milton is pounding, florida with violent wins, and potentially deadly flooding. it struck the states and gulf coast late wednesday as a category 3 hurricane with winds exceeding 160 kilometers per hour. the storms i came ashore near sarasota, south of it's expected land fall in the heavily populated tampa bay area. it's cut power to more than $1500000.00 homes and businesses and spawn tornadoes. that left a trail of destruction. millions of people earlier told to leave their homes for safety. just 2 weeks since deadly hurricane helene str

and florida officials are urging that anyone who wants to evacuate and wants to leave the gulf coast, which they're encouraging, that time is running out for them to do so. so i talked to a family who is here in orlando. they live in port charlotte, and they have faced a couple of close calls recently. you did this with ian. you did this with helene. now you're doing it again. yes. well, we're starting to wonder the same thing, to be honest with you. it's just very stressful to go through this. and if you've got to go through this once or couple times a year, you start wondering, is this really worth it? and for those who are still driving from tampa bay from fort myers, from that entire region of the gulf coast, there is limited gas supply. roughly half of the gas stations that i looked at on gasbuddy are showing that they're already out of gas. but the state is sending florida highway patrol officers with gas trucks. when they're going to gas stations to fill up, they're sending a police escort with them to try and get those gas tanks out to the gas stations much more quickly. that'

october 26th on dw, the business dw news live from berlin, a powerful hurricane strikes the us, gulf coast, hurricane milton and makes land fall in florida. as waters from the gulf of mexico search a shore, and tornadoes ripped through communities farther inland. millions have such shelter after being ordered to evacuate. also coming up, the leaders of the us and israel discussed israel's plans to retaliate for it runs missile attack. these really defense minister gallano warrens, retaliation will be re full, precise and surprising the and david love, it's good to have you with us. hurricane milton has made a land fall on the gulf coast of florida. the national hurricane center says the eye of the storm has hits the coast near sarasota, while the us weather service has urged those who haven't heated evacuation orders to now shelter in place. earlier, tornadoes rips through the community of matlab. shay and other places in south west florida, leaving a trail of destruction and debris, millions of people earlier told to leave florida as west coast for their own safety . it's only been 2 week

florida's gulf coast bracing for impact from hurricane milton. in fact, we have a live look along the storm's western coast, sitting squarely in the storm's path. it is also expected to bring a life threatening storm surge, tornadoes, extreme flooding as well. the mayor of tampa, jane castor, earlier this week warned that anyone who does not evacuate ahead of the hurricane will die. it is a warning she is doubling down on as the storm moves in closer. the point of being blunt was to get everyone's attention. this isn't a drill. this is the biggest storm that we have certainly seen here in the tampa bay area in over a century. as we mentioned, help is already on the way from the san francisco bay area. today in the bay's bob bedell live for us outside of a red cross location in the east bay, and bob, the red cross, typically on top, have a plan in place. what's what are they doing right now to help out? well, as you're well aware. good morning to marcus and laura, one of the red cross's main missions to help people in disaster. to help them with re

storm expected to cause a lot of destruction when it makes landfall tomorrow night on florida's gulf coast. we're going to get to our coverage of the hurricane in just a few minutes here, especially how one bay area resident has become caught in the path of the storm. >> tonight, after hours of debate, a new contract for oakland shotspotter was approved and will move forward. the technology has been used by oakland police since 2006, and it can detect the sound of gunfire that alert officials, some city council members have raised concerns over the technology's value and effectiveness. the issue was approved by the city's public safety committee and now heads to the full city council, who will take up the item next week and tonight we are getting a look at the new list released by the san francisco unified school district, highlighting more than a dozen schools that could be closed or consolidated by the end of this academic year. city officials argue these changes are needed as the district struggles with mounting budget issues, but some parents are left worried about what will happen to

it races toward's florida's gulf coast with landfall expected about 10:00 and on. monica alba joining us. how is the administration working with state officials? i saw the note that the president was saying that county officials or local leaders should reach out directly to him. >> reporter: exactly. he is saying he is giving out his personal contact information for those kinds of officials or governor desantis should there be any request that they feel aren't being met. this is something that's very sadly on the heels of the devastation of hurricane helene. they have been through this over the last couple of days and more than a week now in terms of preparations and trying to really convey the seriousness of this storm, of milton, and to ask people to heed the warnings and listen to fema. that's part of the reason president biden said yesterday that he canceled and postponed his overseas travel to germany and to angola so he could stay here in washington and be completely focused on this as the storm is getting ready to hit. we know, for instance, that president b

parts of the gulf coast are still recovering from hurricane helene.the clock operation under way to clear debris and the fallen trees ahead of milton arrival to prepare for what could be a huge storm surge. >> bottom line is you are potentially looking at storm surge that was more significant than what we saw in hurricane helene. >> a storm surge even greater than helene. nbc's michelle grossman is tracking all of it for us. also with us nbc's marissa parra is standing by in tampa will milton will be impacting here in the next 48 hours or so michelle, what are you seeing right now? what areas look most at ris snk. >> we are looking at a high-impact storm. we have just over 50 hours before it makes landfall along the west coast of florida. we've seen rapid intensification, 35 miles per hour increase in just 24 hours. this has happened a couple times. at 3:00 a.m. this was a category 1 storm, by 5:00 a.m. a category 2 storm, by 7:00 a.m. a category 3 storm and now a category 4 storm. with err looking at winds at 150 miles per hour, this is a very strong

that massive storm bearing down on florida's gulf coast. ing quickly. al has the latest on the storm's path. first let's check in with tom llamas, who is right on the coast near tampa. hey, tom, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you. listen, the mayor of tampa told me last night they are working around the clock to clear out all the debris you see here. but she's not sure their going to pick all of it up because there's so much of it. six feet high in some cases on both sides of the street. we're just south of tampa right now. and it looks like this all around everywhere you look. the good news is we do hear the dump trucks this morning. they are picking up this debris, but again, they're going to be working around the clock. those landfill sites staying open throughout the night. so people can dump all that stuff and come back and pick up more. as you mentioned, the evacuation order is on for areas like this. millions try to get out from florida's gulf coast. we are hearing reports from gas stations running out of gas. h

from berlin after days of preparations and evacuations. hurricane milton is heading hard on the us gulf coast, wind gusts, over 200 kilometers an hour and heavy rain have knocked out power to more than 2000000 people. authorities are now pricing for a massive storm surge as the hurricane federals through florida. also coming up president bud slams, what he calls and on slot of lies spread by donald trump. and his supporters about the disaster, including a claim that the government is manipulating the weather and the leaders of the us and israel discussed israel's plans to retaliate for rand's miss of attack. as real as depends minister warrants, retaliation will be lethal, precise and surprising. the hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. hurricane milton is pounding, florida with violent winds and potentially deadly flooding. it struck the states, gulf coast late wednesday as a category 3 hurricane with wins exceeding 200 kilometers an hour. the storms i came a short near sarasota south of its expected land fall in the heavily populated template bay area. it's cut power to more t

about building new bone with evenity®. >> norah: while hurricane milton is battering florida's gulf coastons of people on florida's atlantic coast are also in for a rough night and a rough day tomorrow. cbs's tom hanson is in daytona beach. >> we've been here since 2015. >> reporter: jeff hurd and alice gipson moved to this apartment in holly hill to be closer to the beach, the 21st floor of a luxury high-rise. >> a lot of flooding. holly hill gets flooded. >> reporter: and as hurricane milton creeps closer, they are staying put. >> if you have the plan then, you know, that helps. >> reporter: the couple has lived in the area for 36 years, riding out every storm, including hurricane ian in 2022. from their balcony window, they watched the storm surge rise. the same 3-5-foot surge is expected here tomorrow by noon. after ian, it was days before electricity and water were restored. flooding isn't their concern, but high winds are. all the glass surrounding their apartment may not withstand hurricane-force winds. >> if something were to happen, the windows would blow out. that would be the b

a live look at st petersburg, florida, the gulf coast morning, everyone, i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us. >> hurricane milton is racing toward florida's gulf coast and is expected to make landfall as a dangerous category four storm. according to the latest update from the national hurt hurricane center, more than 12 million residents across central florida are under hurricane alerts with parts of 14 counties issuing mandatory evacuations ahead of the storm. a storm that could become one of the most destructive in state history. >> you want to pick a fight with mother nature. she is winning 100% of the time. and individuals that are in these say you're in a single-story home, 12 feet. is above that house. so if you're in it basically that's the coffin that you're in? >> for the most part, people do seem to be taking these orders seriously as major highways are filled, bumper to bumper with traffic, one of the largest evacuations in state history. but those evacuations are leading to another issue as gas stations run low on fuel, more than 20% of stations

and now this massive system is threatening florida's gulf coast. >> got water? we got gas.got food. >> long lines of traffic, clogged highways as folks raced to protect their homes and get out of town. forecasters warn milton will maintain hurricane strength as it moves across the state and slams communities still recovering from hurricane helene. >> we've got homes that are structurally unsound, that are going to come down in this next one, but the current debris is going to become missile hazards. >> nearly all of florida's west coast is under a hurricane or tropical storm warning, ahead of damaging winds and a dangerous storm surge in some areas, it could reach as high as 15ft. >> the ceiling in this room we're in right now is ten foot eight inches. so another five feet above that. that is certainly not survivable. >> search and rescue crews are coming from across the country to respond to milton, and nearly 40,000 linemen are ready to restore power. president biden says thousands of federal workers have also been deployed. >> i directed this team to do everything it can

first and st, as far preparations from what you have seen, do you think the gulf coast is ready? for milton absolutely. >> we've been working on this nonstop under the governor's leadership, making sure that people heed those evacuation orders leading up to this moment. we've seen a tremendous amount of people that have evacuated. thank god. we have shelters available. we have the linemen that are ready to deploy once the storm has moved out because we're expecting major power outages and we've got national guardsman, we've got search and rescue crews. we've got folks that are going to help with debris, but all of those things have been put in place and we feel the florida is ready. of course, we're bracing for the worst. we see this storm is going to be catastrophic, especially with the storm surge, the winds, the torrential downpour and so we're really bracing for the worst. but of course we feel extremely prepared as we get ready to brace the storm lieutenant governor, there are a number of complicating factors with this storm mentally, do you have that again set to be record-

hurricane milton could be the worst to hit the florida gulf coast in more than a century. the winds have been downgraded to a category 4 with winds a 1940 miles an hour. milton is expected to make landfall late tomorrow night or early thursday morning. evacuation orders have been issued, and it appears that residents are heeding the call to leave with roads already jammed. the tampa bay area still recovering from helene is now scrambling to clean up the debris left behind before the storm hits. cbs's cristian benavides joins us from st. pete beach with more on the preparations. good morning. >> reporter: michael, good morning. county officials say they're working around the clock to do so, but time is running out. strong winds and waves battered the mexico's yucatan peninsula overnight as hurricane milton barrels toward florida's west coast. >> if they have called for an ee vague yags order, i beg you, i implore you to evacuate. >> reporter: many are heeding the warnings with a deadly storm surge with as high as 15 feet forecast fmeror some areas. >> with the last storm, w

i know you're also keeping an eye on the gulf coast here.s category four now. it's barely. i mean, it's at the high end of category four. it's expected to get to category five 157 plus category five. i'm seeing 160 to 165 for tomorrow. now there are some signs, maybe some drier air or some wind shear might get entrained to it by the time it reaches right there. so maybe only a category three. but i mean they see a cat four. this has just gone crazy overnight. so cat five. but you know, again this is still two days away. but something to watch on the gulf coast side of florida. so but that has become just a monster system in a very short period of time. san anselmo, concord, san jose, santa rosa, napa, redwood city, oakland and vallejo all had something in common yesterday. they're all in them. hundreds, 100 to 104 and your backyard thermometer probably said the same. the city was close 97. that was a record high 95 on saturday. the low this morning is what i've seen is 71. that looks like another warm record low temperature. this has been on

the gulf coast is expected to make impact. have hard and fast numbers on how many people have evacuated, we believe it is millions at this point. you have seen the roads clawed with people leaving tampa and sarasota and heading to safety. we are in front of an evacuation center. they have asked us to not film close to the center. they want to make sure those coming here have some privacy. florida has set up evacuation centers across the path of the storm, insuring people have things like food, water, internet and a place to sleep. and air conditioning because it is still hot and humid. we spoke to a gentleman who evacuated from the southwest part of the coast of florida and he wanted to make sure his life was home. he had a mobile home and he said he valued his life over the mobile home. >> i decided to come because this morning at 4:00 we had a tornado warning and i got the message on my phone. the lights went down. no internet, nothing, it was pitch black. you better find shelter or do something. i did not know what to do. >

and turning now to the gulf coast with a deadly her were deadly. hurricane milton has made matters worse. for those still cleaning up after hurricane helene that slammed states just that slammed into the area just 2 weeks ago. now, the satellite time lapse capturing hurricane milton. you can see it churning towards florida gulf coast yesterday and now the focus is on saving lives. emergency crews are still rescuing people trapped by the storm surge video out of clearwater shows authorities rescuing people trapped in several apartment buildings. you can see the water coming up to the balconies there. and right now, search and rescue crews there trying to get as many people out by boat as they can. in tampa. 135 people were rescued from an assisted living facility. take a look at this. the water flood into right below their waistlines. the deputies helping those affected by this through the water and onto boats, taking them to safety. california, helping with the hurricane response as well. more than 350st responders now headed to florida in a statem

florida's gulf coast bracing for impact. in fact, we have a live look in tampa sitting squarely in the storm's path. it also is expected to bring a life threatening storm surge, tornadoes and extreme flooding. help is already on the way from the san francisco bay area. today, in the bay's bob cross's primary missions. asf you're well aware, is to help people recover from disasters, which is what we expect milton to become when it makes landfall on the gulf coast of florida later tonight, early tomorrow morning. according to its facebook page, the american red cross, northern cross, northern california coastal region has already deployed almost 70 people here from the bay area to the southeastern part of the united states. some already there to deal with hurricane helene, which hit the east coast a couple of weeks ago. and there's also some people there to support the future victims of hurricane milton on the peninsula. the menlo park fire protection district manages fema's urban search and rescue teams. those are made up of

and we'll take you to the path of milton, likely to make landfall on florida's gulf coast in the next6 hours. tuesday, october the 8th, 2024, "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ stuart: let's tart or -- start with the lathes on hurricane milton. it is the currently a category four and is expected to hit the gulf coast of florida tomorrow evening. madison alworth with me. the latest? >> reporter: this continues to develop. tampa bay is bracing for what could be its worst hurricane in 20100 years. milton is -- 1000 years. milton is now a cat four hurricane. we are still expecting winds to hit over 100miles per hour. this storm is headed straight for tampa bay which is still reeling from the impacts of hurricane helene. i was just in tampa bay this past weekend, homes all over the area were flooded and destroyed. the problem now is that all the debris that was cleared out of those homes, it's sitting on the curb. the state is racing to clear out as much as possible because whatever is left will be picked up by those winds and slammed into homes or carried away by the water, and tam

this video from about 75 miles north of there along the gulf coast. and you can see the ferocious winds and that rain battering the area. now, the center of that storm eventually passed near orlando before pushing out to the sea again this morning. authorities in saint lucie county confirming four deaths along the treasure coast from a tornado spawned by the hurricane. this is brand new video from what first responders saw at the scene. in addition, crews say about 100 homes there are heavily damaged and we have nearby video from wellington, where the storm damaged homes and uprooted trees. even before milton made landfall, in some cases, roads are set to be washed away. governor ron desantis just gave an update within the last 30 minutes, he says. at least rescue teams have saved at least 48 people. but he has a warning. as people wake up today, as you survey damage and clean up, please be cautious of hazards. we have post-storm fatalities, almost every storm, and a lot of these fatalities are avoidable. these are new images from noaa showing the pow

the gulf coast is not going to be receiving ships at the moment as per the coastguard. be continuing. we are assuming that there are going to be significant damage to the port of tampa. so we are operating as though there is going to be a significant interruption... going to be a significant interruption. . ._ going to be a significant interruption... that is the florida governor - interruption... that is the florida governor giving i interruption... that is the florida governor giving a l florida governor giving a briefing. let's speak now to cristian 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 vehicl

i know there are other parts of the west coast of the gulf coast of florida that have seen this issue, debris leftover from hurricane helene. can you give us an update on the status what that looks like in sarasota, you weren't directly hit by hurricane helene, but i know that there were problems there because i have relatives in that area yeah, many problems and there's still some debris. i just i was checking my email just two seconds ago and heard it now, here is the problem. >> are our peru our team at the city is working around the clock and working with the county. we have less and less contractors willing to go out the barrier island which are going to be the most impacted to pick up this debris. >> so it's only basically government workers now, when at some point we have to withdraw to because we're taking into account the safety of our employees. so as of right now, it's just us. there's almost there's virtually no contractors willing to center in. there workers out into the barrier islands. we sought the help of as much help as we can the national guard has sent us some so s

a potentially historic and catastrophic category five storm honing in on florida's gulf coast. we're tracking hurricane milton as it inches closer and threatens to be one of the most damaging storms to hit the tampa area in more than 100 years. >> we're just trying to clear as much as we can out and just pray for the best. >> and this storm could hit as early as tomorrow night. good evening everyone. >> i'm mike mibach and i'm betty yu. the national hurricane center warns this could be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record. taking a live look now at interstate 75 in tampa, where time is running out for the million people under evacuation orders along the gulf coast to evacuate dangerous storm surge and destructive winds will soon arrive. >> fox is rebecca castro is live tonight in tampa, which as of right now, rebecca is in the middle of the storm's predicted path. hey, jeremy. >> how you doing? >> it is mike and betty and where we are right now. we're standing right near the tampa bay. this is exactly where people should not be tomorrow night. no matter where this s

mandatory evacuation orders in the state of florida as hurricane milton spirals right toward the gulf coast, promising to leave a path of destruction. >> they're predicting the surge to be about 10 to 15ft, which is twice as much as helene. so it's going to be tough to come back to. >> it's scary thinking about what we're going to find when we go back. >> it is the last night to escape the storm's path, as milton is expected to make landfall in just about 24 hours. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm betty yu. >> many people are still recovering from hurricane helene's destructive flooding, and now a new store will likely make a direct hit to florida's west coast. this is a live look at sarasota, florida, about 60 miles south of tampa. you can see no cars on the roads there, as people heed those urgent evacuation orders. fox's rebecca castro has more on the warnings from officials. >> betty, so where we are right now, standing right near the tampa bay. this is the exact area where people do not want to be at this time tomorrow night. this area is under one of those mandatory evac

hurricane milton is on its path towards florida's gulf coast. how the white house is trying to get ahead of the destruction. as fema faces a storm of its own, a backlash from the last hurricane less than two weeks ago. this is today in the bay. and this is tuesday morning. good morning to you. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. we'll check the morning commute with mike in just a bit. vianey is in for kerry this morning. little bit of cooling coming. i've been looking at the seven day outlook, and i'm. i'm ready for fall. like, i think we all are. at least the temperatures. yeah. at least for it to match october right. exactly. so we do have a beautiful start to our live cams. look at san jose. it's gorgeous out there. your day planner for this afternoon. we are expecting to climb into the 70s. so not as quick of a warm up as what we saw yesterday. we're at about 68 degrees. it's clear and right around ten 11:00 we're going to start to see the 70s roll in. and then eventually by about 1:00 we're going to be in the 80s. so still seeing s

experiences when you were in middle of a west coast strike, and, you know, obviously, the east coast and gulf be making what workers on west coast make. >> yeah. we go through this every six years as you are aware, ila, the management on west coast discussions of six years we came to conclusion with regard to that process a year later east coast goes through negotiations in this particular case, what has been impressive, the least last 50 years union did go on strike, so again, we go through this every six years, of course, we all concerned about worse scenarios but our particular case never a work stoppage, cargo will continue to move parties came to mutual resolution what would your advise be to gulf and east coast port sfwleeshgz my advice to both partyings management and labor unions come to differences as soon as possible the good news i think there has been movement with regard to some issues, that are very he pertinent to them my advices that if in is prolonged an existential threat to nation supply chain not situation we want to be in. >> we were talking a lot perishable goods going b

tonight families are just now returning to their homes along the gulf coast of florida. landfall, of course, in siesta key, that's near sarasota. tonight victor ee kind owe in venice where he found some of buried in >> reporter: tonight commu flor buried in taking hitilton just two weeks after ain blow from these homes i veniceinundated, sand a window here, abou it in this and it top of thi when i stand i alearly above did: next door, contracto mike adamshowing me condos gutted and cleaned after helene now packed with sand. >> everything we are standing on top of, m slid down, this all came in fromiln? yes. standing on topw many f s we are reporter: new dronety just sou obliterated, debris scattering hudson erdmann says recoverye d. >> everything is wreckemean i n milton's stormur moving uweathe. massive boatsntod our ginger zee kimberly thankfu through.awned by milton >> you pray for thest but, oh, i tell you, youow, you thank god you have yrlife, you ano we can't get another life, no. >> reporter: and tonight, around th r t stor zone. >> man, this >> reporter: this nei

to remind you, florida authorities say this is the 11th hour for those who haven't left the gulf coastly to be heavily impacted, now is the time to do so. we have been speaking to people who say they want to evacuate and they have, but there are also those who have chosen to stay in their homes. my chosen to stay in their homes. my colleague phil mccann has been speaking to and looking at those preparing for this storm. so right now on seven news... florida is bracing for hurricane milton this morning. milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring life—threatening storm surge and dangerous winds along florida's gulf coast. time is running out before the storm makes landfall. | florida has been warned, and people living there have been preparing and leaving in the state's biggest evacuation effort in years, ahead of what forecasters say so. we have been speaking to people who say they want to evacuate and they have, but there are also those who have chosen to stay in their homes. my chosen to stay in their homes. my colleague phil mccann has been speaking

preparations underway on the gulf coast as milton move well, the u.s. supreme court back in session for its new term with some high profile cases on the docket on monday. justices let stand a lower court decision, saying hospitals in texas cannot be required to provide emergency abortions. that violate state law. that is a blow to an appeal by the biden administration. the nation's highest court going to hear arguments tuesday in a case about whether the federal government can regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns. >>>>it's not a second amendment case. it's a it's not a constitutional case. it's a case that deals with the power of the atf, a federal agency, to issue a regulation that says we're going to treat ghost guns, those guns where you can get as an online kit. there's no serial number. there are no background checks. the atf, a federal agency, tried to say, we want to treat ghost guns the same as all other firearms under federal law, meaning you would need a serial number. you would need background >anne>checks later this year, the co