Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Peter Alexander in Washington, which is four weeks till election day and plenty of action to cover from the campaign trail.

But at this hour, we do want to begin with that breaking news as millions in Florida brace for Hurricane

Milton that officials are warning could be the most dangerous storm

to hit that region in more than a century.

And making matters worse right now, the storm is barreling towards the same area that was hit by Hurricane

Helene just a couple of a couple of weeks ago right now let's show you built it is a category four storm

wind speeds nearing category 5 level.

It may weaken as it comes ashore, but it is expected to remain extremely dangerous when it

makes landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast, possibly around the Tampa area.

The expectation is this will happen tomorrow night.

The storm surge alone could be historic and Milton is expected to remain at hurricane strength as it crosses the entire state.

That means it arrives as a hurricane and leaves Florida as a hurricane.

And as we speak, millions of Floridians who are under mandatory evacuation orders are fleeing their homes.

Others are filling sandbags.

You may have seen on TV today boarding up their windows ahead of what could be catastrophic flooding.

This is a time lapse of Milton

from the International Space Station today.

You can see how wide it is, and it keeps growing in size.

51 of Florida's 67 counties are under a state of emergency.

Hurricane and tropical storm warnings extend throughout the peninsula and the keys and

Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis offered this dire warning just minutes ago.

You should be executing your plan now.

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