Hurricane Milton
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Emergency crews have launched an operation to rescue up to 18 people who are trapped in an apartment block. Boats have been deployed to save those inside the building, where flood water is said to be chest-deep in places. Police said they received a string of 911 calls from the block, which is in the…
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Tropical storm and hurricane warnings have been lifted on the west coast of Florida, according to the US’s National Hurricane Service. Hurricane Milton has lingered for longer with damaging winds in the east and centre of Florida, the service said. But an earlier tropical storm warning for all of the Florida Keys and from the…
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Hurricane damage ‘quite devastating’ The damage caused by Hurricane Milton is expected to be “quite devastating” when Americans wake up this morning, a federal official has told Sky News. Jennifer Hubbard, from the National Weather Service, said storm surges of more than 6ft had been recorded overnight in the Fort Myers area. However, she warned water…
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Where is the hurricane now? The eye of Milton is now nearing Cape Canaveral on the east coast of Florida, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said in its latest update. The agency says the storm currently has sustained winds of 83mph. A gust of 92mph has also been recorded at a weather station in…
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The US Department of Transportation is reminding people of the dangers of attempting to drive through floodwaters. It only takes about 12 inches (30cm) of water for most cars to start floating and potentially be swept away in rushing water, the department says ahead of Milton’s arrival in Florida. The official guidance is the phrase:…
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We’re hearing that every major bridge in the Tampa Bay region is expected to close to vehicle traffic by Wednesday afternoon. The Florida Department of Transportation advises that the three major bridges, external which connect Tampa to St Petersburg and Clearwater areas will shut. The bridges close when waves lap onto the road, creating a deadly hazard. Another…
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Hurricane Milton’s arrival is coming at a vulnerable moment for many Americans. I recently returned from North Carolina, one of multiple states in turmoil after Hurricane Helene ripped through the US’s south-east less than two weeks ago. At least 225 people have so far been confirmed killed by the storm, which also hit South Carolina,…
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Summary ‘It’s a gamble we weren’t willing to make’: Floridians evacuating as storm nears If you decide to live in Florida, you inevitably are entered into the “hurricane lottery,” Gerald Lemus tells me from a hotel he’s fled to. Lemus has lived in the Gulf Coast city of Bradenton his whole life and has never…
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As of Tuesday afternoon, Manatee County Jail is not planning on evacuating approximately 1,200 inmates, even as state and local officials stress that Florida residents should heed evacuation warnings ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival. Hurricane Milton was classified as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday, with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, making…
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Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane Monday in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay, leading to evacuation orders and long gas lines, and lending more urgency to the cleanup from Hurricane Helene, which swamped the same stretch of coastline less than two…
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