With maximum sustained winds of 230 km/h and the threat of a 4.6m storm surge, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on Florida's west coast, bringing an “extremely dangerous” storm that has prompted widespread evacuations.
HOUSTON - Most Florida ports including Tampa and Sarasota were closed on Oct 8 to all vessel traffic ahead of Hurricane Milton , while terminals in South Carolina including Charleston began imposing navigation restrictions, reports by the US Coast Guard showed.
“Basically the entire peninsula portion of Florida is under some type of either a watch or a warning,” he said. After a week of dragging their salvageable belongings out of a waterlogged home, they are planning to evacuate again.Tampa zoo rushes porcupine, orangutans, elephants to safety as Hurricane Milton nears
The National Weather Service said that Milton could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa area in more than 100 years. Former president Donald Trump has tapped into real frustration about the federal response after Helene and fuelled it with disinformation, falsely claiming disaster money had been spent instead on migrants.Leaders at climate change meetings in New York warn of growing mistrust between nations
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