Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navas is away. On the news hour tonight,

the already storm-battered Florida Gulf Coast braces for impact from Hurricane Milton. Vice President

Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump continue their efforts to rally support

with early voting already underway.

And a woman taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7th attacks

reflects on her traumatic experience in the prisoner swap

that led to her release.

When I came back, I asked myself the same question like in Gaza.

Why God send me back? Welcome to the news hour. Florida is racing to prepare for Hurricane

Milton a storm that could be one of the worst to ever hit the state.

Milton rapidly intensified over unusually warm

waters in the Gulf of Mexico. It's now a category 5 storm and is expected to

barrel into the Tampa Bay Area late Wednesday,

less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the southeast.

William Bringham starts our coverage.

Today, residents of Western Florida filled cars with gas, stocked up on supplies, and

loaded sandbags ahead of what could be a direct hit by a major hurricane.

Honestly, when this one is kind of one

that we're like a little worried about

just because of how it's coming

and the way it's coming is coming straight towards us.

So we're just trying to brace out for much as we can.

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