Florida on Sunday (Oct 6) prepared for the state's largest evacuation since 2017 as Tropical Storm Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward Florida's western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating
People prepare sandbags, as they are distributed to Pinellas County residents before the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Milton, in Seminole, Florida, US Oct 6, 2024. Florida on Sunday prepared for the state's largest evacuation since 2017 as Tropical Storm Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward Florida's western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating
"Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify during the next couple of days and become a major hurricane on Monday," the hurricane centre said. "There are some areas with a lot of debris that is there, so if you get hit with a major hurricane, what's going to happen to that debris? It's going to increase the damage dramatically," DeSantis said."This is all hands on deck to get that debris where it needs to be".Milton was about 815 miles west-southwest of Tampa as of 1 pm CDT on Sunday, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 mph , the National Hurricane Center said.
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