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new video out of port charlotte, florida. serious flooding in this neighborhood now on the west coast. south of sarasota. you can see the street is covered completely with running water. all right, let's bring in our chief meteorologist again. and, jeff, you've been talking about how much you know, a lot of times hurricanes can be really powerful, but they're also really wet. and this seems like one of those that's really wet. so large extremely. and 18 to 22in near tampa bay. the video we just saw on port charlotte, that's the same area that's still slowly recovering from ian that happened just two years ago. so this is another just extremely major hit here for the state of florida. now the hurricane right now the center of it is just to the south of orlando. it's going to continue off towards the east. we're going to get you the latest path on this, but let's take it into our bay area weather. and after that heat wave we had thatedboul get the storm track continuing to move closer, going to keep some cooler temperatures, so

new video out of port charlotte, florida.ious flooding in this neighborhood now on the west coast. south of sarasota. you can see the street is covered completely with running water. all right, let's bring in our chief meteorologist again. and, jeff, you've been talking about how much you know, a lot of times hurricanes can be really powerful, but they're also really wet. and this seems like one of those that's really wet. so large extremely. and 18 to 22in near tampa bay. the video we just saw on port charlotte, that's the same area that's still slowly recovering from ian that happened just two years ago. so this is another just extremely major hit here for the state of florida. now the hurricane right now the center of it is just to the south of orlando. it's going to continue off towards the east. we're going to get you the latest path on this, but let's take it into our bay area weather. and after that heat wave we had that lasted about nine days, we'll get the storm track continuing to move closer, going to keep some coo

we expect the devastating storm surge, as much as 10-15 feet above ground level from tampa to port charlotte. that is why we have been supporting so many evacuation decisions to get people away from the devastating. for people to leave. milton will be a powerful hurricane would it makes landfall and remained at hurricane intensity as it moves across florida and into the western atlantic. that will bring the risk of hurricane conditions too much of the central part of the state, fort myers through tampa, all the way through the i- corridor across4 orlando and daytona beach. a large area at risk of seeing devastating wind impacts, widespread power outages, structural damage. that could lead to an unsafe environment after the storm where we tend to see fatalities in a dangerous environment. we are expecting heavy rainfall, 6-12 inches, up to 18 inches along the heavily populated i-4 corridor, which could lead to catastrophic flash flooding tonight and into thursday. that is an area where we lost 16 people in hurricane ian. there is a tremendous risk to life and property. i want to thank the fem

you're seeing record storm surge in port charlotte.00 miles per hour gusts in tampa. and then 126 tornado warnings, the most in florida history. the second most other than the 2011 alabama tornado outburst. there were reports of tornado damage all over the state of florida, specifically in st. lucie county going through the mobile home park right there. there is a lot going on in florida right now. we are used to this here in florida, and we will start the response. but when the sun comes up tomorrow, we will see a lot of damage across the state. >> what is florida going to need tomorrow? >> everything. and i mean we're going to need everything. don't get me wrong, the director of emergency management has been stockpiling and prepositioning all those things. the first thing is swift water rescue crew, trying to rescue people in harm's way to get them out whether it is on their house or roof or collapsed structures. and then that will be getting people medical attention that will be injured. starting the recovery process, we have a mill

you are seeing record storm surge in port charlotte. you're seeing 100+ mile per hour gusts in tampa. there will be significant damage in the area. then we have 126 tornado warnings, most of florida history, the second most other than the 2011 alabama tornado outburst. there are reports of tornado damage all over the state of florida. specifically, in st. lucie county, going through the park out there. there's a lot going on in florida right now. we are used to this year in florida. we will band together tomorrow and start the response. when the sun comes up tomorrow we will see a lot of damage across the state. >> what is florida going to need tomorrow? >> reporter: everything. we are going to need everything. don't get me wrong, kevin gottfried, director of emergency management, has been stockpiling and position all those things. the first thing is going to be swift water rescue crews. trying to rescue people in harms way to get them out. whether that's in their house or on the roof or in collapsed structures. and then it's going to b

attract five or ten or 20 miles south would push that higher storm surge, say, to port charlotte areao landfall, it's not possible to tell exactly where that storm surge will occur. it's one wobble away from shifting 10 or 20 miles so that's why we convey that risk across such a large area to help support the evacuation across that central part of florida. >> but tampa bay is directly vulnerable, correct? >> correct, mr. president. it's one of the most vulnerable locations use the whole coast because water gets funneled up into the bay. you could see storm surge twice as high as when it saw it with helene. potentially 8 to 10 feet in this event. >> thanks, a lot, mike. i appreciate it. >> hey, mike, good to see you again, and thank you for all your work. for the folks who have been living in florida a long time and experienced these storms many times, how are you talking with them about how thi

places to the sound like the hurricane director was talking about you know, into places like port charlotte you know, venice and sarasota area. but again, i want to emphasize we are looking at the entire coast, seeing storm surge. what we're talking about here is the difference of the, you know, the 12 feet, the nine feet, you know, some of those bigger, bigger numbers this is where we're talking about here. jake. >> all right. elisa raffa, we're going to check back with you when that 5:00 update comes in and just a few minutes, cnn's isabel rosales is in tampa as milton's outer bands move in and isabel, you've been along the waterfront, give us a sense of how conditions have changed just in the last few hours right? >> it's like a roller coaster ride, jake, there's moments of just intense winds, wind gusts, just slapping you in the face this rain of flying sideways hitting you right in the face and it's serious. i mean, we're looking at here a stir storm surge, expectation of forecasted potentially eight to 12 feet for the tampa bay. this is the hillsborough bay which is connected to the t

pete, what are you seeing on the way all the way from port charlotte and punta gorda up the venice. >> that was probably the biggest impacts we saw, which would be it would make sense. it was just south where the storm made landfall in siesta key so you have the biggest impacts, which is the storm surge. so 67 feet worth of storm surge that we can at least get to. >> of course, there might be totals that are higher and again, he just can't reach it right now and it stark so that was the biggest impact there. >> there were a lot of power outages, of course, transformers growing and popping the lights were flickering on and off. the sky looked like it was a staccato of lightning. there was just so many flashes all around from the strong winds, especially on the backside of hurricane milton unfortunately, mobile homes, trailer homes, they were being shredded. and again, that's why even if those homes aren't in a vacuum zone as necessarily those low-lying areas were susceptible to storm surge and flooding officials still evacuated those homes because they're not built to withstand hurrica

you can see that includes sarasota, the port charlotte region. we are watching the satellite depicting every moment in its track as so critical on whether or not this has a suddenly component or a northerly component. and who gets the worst impacts? flooding rain will be a concern from this, john. we're talking about over two to three months of rain falling from the sky through the duration of the storm. it's already been raining. we've already seen tornadoes spinning up in miami dade county earlier this morning. and that will increase through the course of the day today. hey, i'm going to leave you with this, john. we have a rare risk of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding where you see that shading of pink remember if we've learned anything from hurricane helene, it is these rare high risks that cause the most destruction and also the most deaths there is so much to be concerned about, so much we have to pay attention to derek van dam were to keep coming back to you throughout the morning to get the very latest forecast because every l

as much as 10-15 feet aboveground level from somewhere near the tampa bay region southward to port charlottes even farther south to the fort myers and naples area and that is why we have been supporting so many evacuation decisions to get people away from that devastating storm surge. time is running out now for people to leave along the west coast before conditions deteriorate further. additionally milton is going to be a powerful hurricane when it makes land fall and move quickly across the state and remain at hurricane intensity as it moves across florida tonight and as it enters the western atlantic during the day tomorrow. so that is going to bring the risk of hurricane conditions to much of the central portion of the state. we have hurricane warnings in effect from fort myers up through tampa to cedar key along the west coast all the way through the i four corridor across orlando to daytona beach up to saint augustine including cape canaveral area and the east coast down to port saint lucie. so a large area is at risk of seeing devastating wind impacts widespread power outages, structu

in particular, tampa into tampa bay, rather into port charlotte. this area, ten to 15 feet is still possible if it comes in south of tampa bay, they get a reverse search and then they bring the worst impacts into this it's region sarasota this could be a direct impact for you. we look at some of the computer modeling on extensive wave heights. there topping 30 feet in the open ocean, that will be some of that will be realized along the post the tornado threat is increasing. we've already seen tornado warnings and miami-dade county this morning. and then the flash flood. i cannot understate this enough. this will be a major part of this story. remember, we've got this extremely rare high risk. if you see that shading of pink, casey this has only issued 4% of the time, but that's where 40% of fatalities and 80% of damage occurs. if we can remember anything from helene, it's what that rare high-risk did to north carolina. >> really, really tough. all right. derek van dam for us this morning, derek, we'll see you next hour. thank you very much. >> even

the south, which would bring that catastrophic surge into manatee sarasota they even down to port charlotte. so everyone is at risk of those wobbles of ten or 20 miles really aren't predictable on any kind of timescale. but as we see the general track of the center towards the west central coast of florida, the risk at this point when everybody needs to have taken those precautions and gotten out. we just can't tell you exactly what the exact location is going to get that worths surge right now. >> michael brennan. thank you so very much. the important piece of this is, it's not just tonight and that's what michael saying the water is going to start rising this afternoon. we see from our correspondents conditions are already deteriorating. and after it hits tonight on the coast, it's going to go over orlando and cities moves out into the atlantic and they're going to have a long, long, 24 hours. >> the full force of hurricane milton hits florida in just a few hours. how emergency responders are using this time now to make final preps before the storm. >> and the biden administration is figh

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115 millas por hora y ahí, acercando la imagen, se ve la entrada de ese ojo entre la zona de port charlotteamiliares o amistades en esa zona, tiene que comunicarles que si reciben un aviso de tornado deben tomar refugio de manera inmediata. más hacia el norte, en la zona de lodge vemos cómo se continúa moviendo toda esa nubosidad y esas fuertes lluvias, así que continúa. seria la situación para el estado de la florida. yo regreso con más del tiempo a las 6. 3 científicos del área de la bahía fueron galardonados con el premio nobel de química 2024. se llaman david baker, demis hassabis y john jumper. recibieron este honor por su trabajo sobre las estructuras de las proteínas. baker obtuvo su doctorado en uc berkeley. mientras tanto, hassabis es el presidente de google deepmind, una división de investigación de inteligencia artificial de google. los 3 compartirán más de uno millón de dólares en premios. y la sede de un consulado de el salvador pasa a ser de un centro diplomático y también de registros a un lugar donde se promueve el folclore salvadoreño. bueno, dicen que es con danzas y tambi

. >> reporter: with that concern looming over them and milton not far behind, the port charlotte couple labor wasn't far enough along. >> she was so far and having contractions that they went ahead and admitted us. that took a lot of stress off of my shoulders. >> reporter: and as she labored they watched the storm from the hospital's windows. >> i'm like, oh, that tree looks like it's going to fly out of the ground. we were just watching the storm and the wind and the rain go crazy. >> reporter: after more than ten hours in labor, and an unplanned c section, their first child, dewy bennett iv was born. >> he is the cutest baby. >> i always told myself that i would never name my kid dewy until my dad passed away. >> reporter: while one hurricane contributed to the depth of dewy ii hurricane milton would be remembered for the birth of a brand-new dewy. >> i feel like it was fate. >> reporter: steven romo, nbc news. >> our thanks to steven romo for that report. >>> >>> coming up on the "today" show an nfl tradition. kaylee hartung goes inside the game, taking a look behind the scenes of t

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i spoke to a family friend in port charlotte half an hour ago. she and her elderly mother...le. it is set to be hit pretty hard by hurricane milton. they have boarded up their homes with sandbags. she said the trees are bending sideways because of the extreme wind and rain. but they believed because they had survived previous hurricanes like hurricane ian and helene that they could ride out the storm. most people we know did heed the evacuation warnings and get out of the path beforehand, but there are cases of people remaining, especially if they are on higher land. they are trying to keep up suppliers and make sure they have water, batteries, generators and food to make sure they can stay in place as long as necessary. we sure they can stay in place as long as necessary.— long as necessary. we heard from president _ long as necessary. we heard from president biden - long as necessary. we heard from president biden earlier| from president biden earlier that he and governor desantis have been in regular contact all day. how is the situation when it comes to resources availabl

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ciudades como sarasota, tampa y port charlotte también podrían sentir el potente impacto del meteoro.idades locales y estatales advierten sobre un escenario catastrófico mientras se preparan para evacuaciones masivas y operativos de emergencia. nos enfocamos en la zona de sarasota, en la florida, donde hace pocos días, recordemos, se sintió también la fuerza del huracán anterior, conocido como ailin. quedaron escombros que, según algunos expertos, pudieran convertirse en proyectiles que amenazan la vida de muchos y también la integridad de las estructuras locales. pasamos con betsy vadell. betsy. dónde exactamente te encuentras? cuéntanos. me encuentro en el parque bayfront de sarasota. una de las áreas más populares y turísticas del área donde ya el paso de mullin causó estragos. este es 1 de tantos botes que quedó encallado. este es un velero que ha quedado aquí, causando también daños en el muelle y no lo han podido limpiar antes de la llegada de milton. acá pueden ver más allá otro velero que quedó encallado por el paso de glyn y todavía no lo han recogido. esta es una de las mayo

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's the latest from here in orlando. national climate reporter chase cain. thanks. preparing for wildfires with new information coming to the palm of your hand, one of the most downloaded apps is providin

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we are seeing an incredible surge south of here in port charlotte and areas down there.are seeing surges over 10 feet and that's going to continue as he's onshore, the flooding rains will continue for the next 6-12 hours especially north of i4. the next 12 hours are obviously going to be quite dangerous. >> norah: cbs's rob marciano, who is in bradenton. rob, thank you. as you can see, the conditions are getting very dangerous there in florida along the gulf coast. at this hour, the breaking news right now, hurricane milton is making landfall as a category 3 monster storm. let's go now to cbs's jonathan vigliotti, he is in tampa. good evening, jonathan, how are the conditions there? >> reporter: yeah, norah, we are really feeling the power of this storm, wind gusts easily exceeding 80 miles per hour, just look at it ripping through these trees. already more than half a foot of rain has fallen, there's a lot of flash flooding. when all is said and done, we are expecting anywhere from 12-18 inches of rainfall. we are here in downtown tampa. you can see the roads are clear,

we are going to see onshore winds here not just in fort myers, port charlotte, but all the way up close to that differenty side of the eye wall. let's go through the forecast. extreme wind warning where you are. people need to be taking shelter immediately. treat that like a tornado. bradenton, clearwater, tampa all in that. a little debris is flying around me here, sorry. let's talk about what's going to happen with the rest of the storm and how it's going to cross the center of the state. we have max sustained winds 120. it's got still east-northeast movement at 15 miles per hour. it's going to cruise, go really fast tonight. by tomorrow afternoon, milton will be back in the atlantic. before that happens, though, tornado watches have been out throughout the day. they'll still stick with us tonight. daytona beach, orlando, melbourne, tampa, sarasota. watch for twists, big-time tornados. the surge is happening now. 9 to 13 feet just to our north. 8 to 12 around here. 6 to 9 feet, david, around you. the surge is going to last the next four or five hours, and high tide is early tomorrow m

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family evacuated here from port charlotte, helene brought water within a few feet and with milton tai getting out of town. >> just very stressful to go through this. you start wondering, is it really worth it? >> reporter: the risk to human life is of course the most important thing here, florida officials are emphasizing for folks to evacuate, they're running out of time. when it comes to property moody's financial storm in the path of milton here in florida more than $1.1 trillion of property in the path of milton, kate. >> to all of our reporters down there, please stay safe. we'll get back to you. >>> time for today's money minute. you won't believe who just became the world's richest female musician. maybe you'll believe it. kate rogers joins us now. >>> the largest regulated water utility in the u.s. revealed it was the victim of cyberattack, new jersey-based american water, 14 million customers in 14 states it noticed the unauthorized activity last thursday prompting a pause in billing. >>> uber is rolling out eco-friendly features in an effort to lower emissions. an ev prefere

this is tampa area down to port charlotte, up to 15 feet. these areas are at sea level and t topography of west coast of florida cannot withstand this type of storm surge. that wall will move into west coast. 10 foot storm surge in fort myers will be a problem. they had peak from hurricane helene, upward of six to seven foot storm surge and there was severe damage. double that. not a good scenario, that is why people are being told to evacuate. from what i hear, people are listening to local officials. hurricane warnings, heavy rainfall, prolonged hurricane-force winds. a hurricane for orlando and east coast of florida. keep that in mind. widespread power outages across the state. this is main area from spring hill to naples, biggest concern and most vulnerable city in the u.s., the tampa bay area. heavy rainfall. worst part is storm surge, the wall of water pushed inland and people will not survive that. prayers. i have not seen a lot of these storms in my 20 years, this is a devastating one. >> carley: two big ones back-to-back. >> todd: m

seeing some of that further south continuing in those areas all the way down into port charlotte, south venice, you're seeing that as well. and even all the way down in fort myers, seeing some of that storm surge, too. ironically, the reports that with that wind moving offshore tampa bay that looked bone dry like a dry riverbed. that would be something else to see. but just gives you an idea of how powerful these storms are. here's the accumulation of rainfall picked up by the doppler radar. and you can see all the area in yellow here. >> you look up to scale. they've seen as much as 12 inches. some reports as much as 16 inches of rain in along that path from tampa up the lakeland near orlando course. he's a very populated areas. and so we're talking about some catastrophic flooding possibly in those areas. see, as you can imagine, a flash flood warnings are in effect until early tomorrow morning may be extended as well as storm systems far from done. >> all right. let's take it back out to where we live and looking good out of sfo right now. partly cloudy skies out there tonight. some

record storm surge in port charlotte. you are seeing hundred plus mile-per-hour gust in tampa. warnings. the most in florida history and second most other than 2011 alabama tornado outburst. there were reports of tornado damage all over the state of florida specifically in st. lucie county going to a mobile home. there's a lot going on in florida. we are use to this in florida. we will band together tomorrow and start the response. when the sun comes up tomorrow, we will see a lot of damage across the state. >> what will florida need tomorrow ? >> everything. we will need everything. the director of emergency management has been stockpiling and repositioning those things. we need swiftwater rescue crews rescuing people in harms way to get them out whether that's in the house or on the roof collapsed structures. then it will be getting people medical attention that may be injured. then starting the recovery process. we have 1 million have people without power. there's a lot we will need. i know the biden administration is working to make sure florida has those resources. >> than

because it is such a big hurricane, even down to port charlotte and fort myers, well south of where thecrosses the coast. geoff: help us understand how the storm went from a damaging tropical storm to one of the strongest drums ever in the atlantic. >> it found that perfect combination of very warm, deep ocean waters off the gulf of mexico and favorable atmospheric conditions in terms of very moist air, no strong upper level winds. the structure was able to maintain and rapidly intensify, getting to category five strength. the message for people in florida is while melted -- milton is not expected to be category five or four at landfall, the storm will double in size and the wind field will dramatically expand in the next 24-36 hours and that will increase the risk for dangerous storm surge. the orlando, melbourne, tampa come up to saint augustine, pretty much the entire central portion of the state is at risk for damaging hurricane force winds. geoff: so it's not a storm that people especially in the tampa area should expect to ride out. >> conditions will deteriorate on wednesday and

now it's closer to port charlotte.we have to be a little more nimble with the data. >> so those people, they are doing what? they're telling you at what point those stores need to close down. how many are closed at the moment or still open? >> yeah. so right now, we have over 60 stores that are closed. and then we continue to make waves of closures based upon the data. what we have currently to make sure we're supporting the communities in need is upstairs right now, we have over 100 associates, we call it the command center. and there's rooms full of people from this building working to make sure we're making the right decisions. we're looking at what is the in the moment timing of the storms to make good decisions. where are we going to see storm surge? and also monitoring how do we get product to a store and get it to the right store? and just making really good decisions on this unit of great associates up in the building just a few floors above me. helene was here last week, so they've been there for about three w

it's the storm surge in port charlotte, the wind you are seeing in tampa and sarasota but it's most known the 126 tornado warnings in florida. most in florida history, second-most in american history after the 2011 alabama tornadoes which could be a very dark story with 125 mobile homes suffering a tornado people were in those so i don't have specific details on what people are hearing could be a grim situation there. >> congressman i mean your description is right. your state on both coasts is being hit by a hurricane. >> correct. the director of emergency management and to governor desantis had talked about tornadoes and pass storms about how you have to pay attention because you might be in the outer bands but those can have tornadoes. i've seen pictures of tornado damage across the state and palm beach county and other places. i'm just posting -- opening the early news we're hearing turns out not to be as bad as it might have appeared. >> bill: let's hope i don't know what you do tomorrow but what you tell your constituents. this storm will be with us all day on thursday and the sun c

now up to 12 feet for places like fort myers, bradenton, port charlotte, you know, all of these areast are so vulnerable to the storm surge because the shelf is so shallow, it's almost like a ramp for all of this water to move inland. terrible. >> steve: it is indeed. janice, thank you very much. she will be in the weather center all longer long. let's bring in jimmy patron necessary he is florida's chief financial officer. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: we know we know it's all hands on deck. big one. this actually could be the big one for people along the gulf coast in my books the biggest storm ever to hit the state of florida. we have more resources in the form of urban search and rescue, prestaged in the state of florida than we have ever had for any natural disaster. we have got teams all the way from washington state to virginia that are ready to roll as soon as it is safe to get these brave men and women out into harm's way to save lives. >> brian: from what you can tell, what about the evacuation rate? do you think most people have listened? have you been mon

fort myers beach getting up to 10 feet of storm surge currently forecast, book around as well, port charlottee areas we got hurricane watch now stretching all the way as far as orlando. it will cut right across the state when it makes the move. is still going to be a strong storm, so this whimsical still be there name is going to be a powerful one. astonishment obviously, their sarasota towards tampa no neck those areas will see winds of 110 miles per hour but 75 to 100 mile-per-hour winds is far into orlando -- glender folks are really going to be dealing with this. a leave you with this graphic here, neil, this is some of the storm surge records, this is across the tampa bay area, these are all fairly recent and again the numbers were talking about double this. i think storm surge can be one of the big concern certainly will be all over at. >> neil: cannot fathom that. thank you, adam plus following that. kevin anderson during a swing of the mayor of fortin murray -- unfortunately cannot prove to be a target zone for this hurricane, how are you holding up, what's the latest you're telling y

these evacuation zones and places from, you know, pinellas county down south to manatee, down to port charlottecape coral. you have time tonight and early tomorrow to get out. you do not want to get left in these areas when that water starts to rise. torrential conditions with going to start during the day tomorrow, remember, you only have to drive tens of miles to get out of the storm surge evacuation zones through the shelter, through the home of a friend or loved one in a safe place or hotel, anywhere that will get you out of that area where that storm surge is going to be life-threatening. >> as it it crosses, last thing, central florida, still will feel the wind and what about as it kind of goes across the state on the back end there? >> yeah, we're expecting the -- as the center emerges off the east coast of florida, some very strong winds to occur along the back side of the storm and bring hurricane conditions to places from just south of jacksonville cape canaveral treasure coast everywhere along this i 4 corridor, tampa, eerld are orlando, daytona at risk hurricane risks wednesday nigh

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

fort myers through port charlotte, tampa, st. petersburg to ocala, orlando, melbourne and st. august in. we expect the category 3 winds in the high wall significant structural damage. large trees will be snapped and uprooted. widespread power outages. roads will be impassable from large debris and we'll see hurricane force winds again along the i-four corridor wind gusts leading to significant power outages, wind damage in the area as well. let's move to the flooding threat. substantial as well from rainfall now along and north of the track of milton's center which now appears to be focused on the i-four corridor. expecting 6 to 12 inches of rain, isolated rainfall amounts as high as 18 inches leading to widespread life threatening catastrophic flooding in this region. this area highlighted in pink from today into thursday. that's where we'll have widespread potentially life threatening flooding along the i-four corridor with the substantial risk north and south of that area as well depending where the heaviest rains fall. when we get up to north of 15 inches of rain impacts a

of the state of florida, from bonita beach to the river on the west coast including tampa bay, port charlotteline northward, on the east coast and everywhere in between, including places like orlando, melbourne, ocala, saying augustine, much of the central portion of the peninsula, the i-four corridor, especially gusts over the inland areas, tree damage, widespread power outages, very dangerous environment and dangerous situations going to play out from west to east across the florida peninsula as we go from tonight into thursday so please be sheltered in a safe place, out of flood prone areas and in places away from windows and doors, any trees that can fall n you, most fatalities due to wind occurred due to trees falling on people, cars, or people in homes. let's move onto the the rainfall threat, which is also substantial and also unfortunately focused in the sae i--4 corridor from atlanta to daytona beach, expect widesprea. some places have already seen six plus inches of rain already and we haven't even seen milton's center make landfall. near to the left of the track of the center is wh

south would push that higher storm surge, say, to port charlotte area. even as close as we are to landfall, it's not possible to tell exactly where that storm surge will occur. it's one wobble away from shifting 10 or 20 miles so that's why we convey that risk across such a large area to help support the evacuation across that central part of florida. >> but tampa bay is directly vulnerable, correct? >> correct, mr. president. it's one of the most vulnerable locations use the whole coast because water gets funneled up into the bay. you could see storm surge twice as high as when it saw it with helene. potentially 8 to 10 feet in this event. >> thanks, a lot, mike. i appreciate it. >> hey, mike, good to see you again, and thank you for all your work. for the folks who have been living in florida a long time and experienced these storms many times, how are you talking with them about how this is going to be different? and so the difference between what they're used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that

whether this biggest storm surge is going to happen in tampa bay or in sarasota or down toward port charlottesk is pretty much equal across all these areas now. that's why there is a storm surge warning everywhere you see in pink here for the risk of the life threatening inundation. somewhere in this region, in the region between say manatee county down to sarasota, venice, inglewood, 10 to 15 feet expected somewhere in this area near and to the right of where milton's center crosses the coast tonight. >> and, michael, we expect it to hit as a cat 3? >> yeah, still expected to be a major hurricane, we don't want people to get too caught up in the fact that the peak winds are going to come down a little bit because the storm is growing in size, so that increases the storm surge threat, increases the areas at risk of the tropical storm and hurricane-force winds and you see how much of florida, everywhere painted in red is under a hurricane warning, the entire central portion of the state, the i-4 corridor will see power outages tonight into thursday. >> and, michael, when do we expect it to act

farther to the north, tampa bay could see some of those higher storm surges, farther south is port charlotte, look at this, it stays as a hurricane clear across florida bringing with it these powerful winds. in addition to ocean water being pushed online we have these high-end winds that can do damage to high-rise buildings that would otherwise avoid that heavy rain. you can see those strong storm surge numbers, this is still life-threatening catastrophic storm surge from this storm. >>> let's go now to our correspondents in florida. starting with tom llamas in sarasota, tom, we just heard from matt, sarasota could see 8 to 12 feet of storm surge and some of the worst of the storm surge tonight, what are you experiencing on the ground? >> reporter: right now, it's still very quiet here in sarasota, lot of people have evacuated near the water, you know there's as ready as they can be for the 12 feet of storm surge. they expose vulnerabilities. we're talking about massive hurricane, nothing like sarasota has seen in the last 100 years. around here, people have left, you don't see a lot of peop

what we're seeing now, probably port charlotte, will start to see some aggressive storm surge as theds come out of the south. that's where we are with this storm. it's 120, not 120 mile an hour winds. it's still a category three. it will downgrade very rapidly as it starts to interact with the land. and it will scoot across the peninsula of florida in the next 24 hours, wreaking havoc. a lot of rain, a lot of moisture with this storm and we'll get to that. but i mean, it's you know, the historic storm has just made landfall. we've got our weather to talk about. we've got this cooling trend, which is, well, helping out a lot after a really hot run of weather. we've got this low that's doing what it did, what they typically do this time of year. just kind of cool us off. they don't bring rain, but as we get into saturday, this little offshoot here is going to kind of come in from a lower latitude and potentially bring some light scattered showers. the main thing is it's going to be cooler. it will help fire danger, all that stuff. it's not a don't change your plans kind of thing, at le

tampa bay on the other side of it, and so for that reason, we're looking at more troubles for port charlotte on into fort myers if it stays on this path, less so for tampa bay and st. pete. if it moves to the north, this would create really historic storm surge for tampa bay and sarasota and new port ritchie not seeing as much. if it goes to the south, st. pete, tampa will be spared. fort myers to bonita springs will be looking at extreme surge impacts, as far as the surges are concerned. 8 to 12 feet around tampa/st. pete, another 8 to 12 down to bonita springs. as much as 3 to 5 feet tomorrow as the system exits and we get that return flow. the storm surge, of course, this is where we see the most damages, the most problems, and unfortunately the most fatalities. these powerful winds start whipping up against the coast, and as those winds drive that water on top of high tides, which tomorrow will be around 6:51 a.m. in tampa, water piles up, rising up on and into the land, can go in several miles, and so we're going to be watching that very closely where this is going to set up. now, as fa

that'll be one of the shots we'll likely see high amounts, just with the geography of how port charlotte will likely see some of the most impressive storm surges. when it comes to the flash flooding today, the good news, like i said, it'll wind down. we'll still see the potential for it as we get the rain bands working through this morning, but nothing quite as impressive as what we were expecting in places like, say, st. pete as we went into the overnight hours last night. here's some of the totals already. over 18 inches of rain in st. petersburg. just ridiculous kind of rainfall hourly rates. over 5 inches of rain was falling at one point between 7:00 and 8:00 last night. the flooding concerns will be there. it'll take a little while for the water to recede, as well. of course, we can't forget about the wind. this has been impressive. we've seen gusts over 100 miles per hour for the west coast as the center of the storm came on shore. we're dealing with tropical storm force winds for the east coast of florida. we have hurricane winds, as well. orlando is seeing 72-mile-per-hour winds.

every single impact you can imagine from hurricane milton when you started down south around port charlotte and made her way up into venice where storm surge was a big story. there they had the unfortunate reality of being just to the south how the east of where hurricane made landfall. that means there in the most surge prone area of that storm that's just where the most water gets brought in. so we were able to document was at least six to seven feet of storm surge. it could be deeper, further back in towards the barrier islands there. but of course it's just inaccessible also driving around there, you see the really strong winds from the backside, especially hurricane milton, that was coming on shore. this guy was looking like a staccato of lightning, even though what it was, it was transformed versus blowing repeatedly all over his power was getting knocked out around charlotte county and in towards around venice is well then you see the mobile home parks, the trailer home parks getting ripped to shreds, just kind of like the roof of tropicana field that's why when these hurricanes are

waterways in between and getting slashed all the way into places like punta gorda, places like port charlotte, places like venice, all of those areas, nicole miss all those all of those places that have actually gone fishing. those are now completely flooded with the water still going up and it will go up for many, many more hours before that wind does not blow from the west anymore. and it starts to allow that water to go back into the gulf of mexico worse yes. >> and it's all saltwater. >> what you see on the pictures, there, you may not be able to see it, but i can't that is all saltwater flooding from the gulf of mexico itself. >> we don't have any significant rain flooding down there. there should be down there. there should actually be a road there. and it's completely not there. now, obviously on the other side of the road, on the other side of the barrier island, there's usually a bay area or at least a waterway for boats to go up and down. that's where that water is ending up now. so even if you were on the mainland just on the other side of that barrier island? now, you're getting t