As of Oct 8, Milton was generating maximum sustained winds of 250 kph.
Sand from the beach carried by surge from Hurricane Helene remains on roads as Hurricane Milton barrels towards the area in Bradenton Beach, Florida.People fill up gas containers at a station ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in Florida on Oct 8.The old town of Ybor City in Tampa stands mostly empty as the state prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Oct 8.
“It’s a matter of life and death, and that’s not hyperbole,” Mr Biden said from the White House, urging those under orders to leave to “evacuate now, now, now”. After weakening from a maximum Category 5 overnight, it is forecast to make landfall on Oct 9 night near Tampa city as a Category 3 storm and remain powerful as it churns across Florida.
Airlines put on extra flights out of Tampa, Orlando, Fort Myers and Sarasota, as highways clogged up with escaping traffic and gas stations sold out of fuel.Hurricane expert Michael Lowry warned that in the Tampa area, home to some three million people, Milton’s storm surge “could double the storm surge levels observed two weeks ago during Helene”, which brought massive flooding.
Mr Biden on Oct 8 slammed Trump’s comments as “un-American”, while presidential hopeful Harris called the claims the “height of irresponsibility and frankly callousness”.In a scene of frantic preparation repeated all over Florida, dozens of cars lined up at a sports facility in Tampa to pick up sandbags to protect their homes from flooding.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Oct 8 released footage from a specialist plane called “Miss Piggy” as it flew into the hurricane to collect data.On the ground, communities hit by the deadly Hurricane Helene, which slammed Florida late last month, have rushed to remove debris that could become dangerous projectiles as Milton approaches.
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