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NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

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4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida's Gulf Coast, spawns tornadoes; Sarasota braces for potential direct hit from Milton; Many in Ft. Myers evacuate ahead of expected storm surge; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight from the storm zone in Florida the eye wall from Hurricane Milton moving on

0:05.4

shore here on the state's west coast. Milton battering Florida's west coast

0:10.2

unleashing a terrifying tornado outbreak as it closes in a massive police

0:15.5

facility collapsing the hurricane growing in size now a major category three

0:20.5

storm with 120 mile per hour winds and expected to bring flooding

0:25.3

rains damaging winds and up to 13 feet of life-threatening storm surge.

0:29.9

President Biden warning it looks like the storm of a century. Hundreds of

0:34.7

thousands already without power millions urge or order to evacuate the highway

0:40.2

jammed many gas stations running out of fuel. The National Weather Service

0:45.1

warning now is the time to shelter in place Al Roker with a new track as we come

0:50.4

on the air. Also tonight the storm impacting the race for the White House,

0:54.7

FEMA racing to reassure those in Milton's path on the heels of the devastation from Hurricane

1:00.5

Helene. Kamala Harris, slamming Donald Trump over the misinformation he's

1:05.4

spreading about the storm. Our full team coverage here in Florida begins now.

1:17.8

This is NBC Nightly News. Reporting tonight from Florida's Gulf Coast here is Lester Holt. Good evening from Tampa Hurricane Milton is here the eye of the storm still

1:25.3

making its way to Florida's West Coast but Milton is already making its arrival

1:30.3

herd with a terrifying outbreak of possible tornadoes.

1:34.0

Much of it captured on video, one in Wellington, Florida,

1:38.0

seen crossing the highway damage at least 20 homes,

1:41.0

a sheriff's office in St. Lucie County badly damaged and most of the state

1:46.2

right now under tornado watches.

1:48.3

Where I am we've been seeing tropical storm wind gust for the last couple of hours. The rain is pouring in

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