TAMPA: Hurricane Milton was expected to expand in size on Tuesday (Oct 8) as it chugged past Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula en route to Florida's battered Gulf Coast, where more than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate before the monster storm arrived.
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. TAMPA: Hurricane Milton was expected to expand in size on Tuesday as it chugged past Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula en route to Florida 's battered Gulf Coast, where more than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate before the monster storm arrived.
A message is seen outside of an apartment in the Davis Islands community of Tampa, Fla., as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. They plan to stay with friends who have a home on high ground but will keep an eye on the storm's path and may head farther north.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday the state would activate 8,000 National Guard members and is positioning truckloads of supplies and equipment near the area where the storm is expected to make landfall.
US President Joe Biden postponed on Tuesday his Oct 10-15 trip to Germany and Angola to oversee preparations for Milton and the response following the hurricane, the White House said. An LED signage truck with loudspeakers makes announcements informing residents of mandatory evacuations in preparation for Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Port Richey, Fla.
Jim Smetzer puts up boards as his wife Annette clears merchandise from their camera store in preparation for Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. With maximum sustained winds of 241 kph, Milton was downgraded from a category 5 to a category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US National Hurricane Center's latest advisory on Tuesday.
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