Gas Shortage in Florida as 'Catastrophic' Hurricane Approaches

Winds up to 145 miles an hour and currently category 4, hurricane Milton is heading to Florida and being called "catastrophic."

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00:00We are just hours away from potentially catastrophic Hurricane Milton making landfall along Florida's

00:07West Coast.

00:08Deadly storm surge expected to climb as high as 10 to 15 feet.

00:14Winds are north of 145 miles per hour, making Milton the strongest storm seen in the Gulf

00:20in nearly 20 years, could make landfall as a Category 3 or 4 storm.

00:26Up to 18 inches of rain forecast from Tampa to Orlando.

00:31For those trying to evacuate, the task is made that much harder by gas shortages.

00:36GasBuddy reporting that 24 percent, more than 1,800 of Florida's stations are out of fuel.

00:43President Biden says evacuation warnings are, quote, a matter of life and death.

00:49And that's not hyperbole.

00:51Landfall expected in the overnight hours on Wednesday.