Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:09pm on 08 Oct 2024,Tuesday Weather & Environment
Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, a Category 4 storm with winds up to 155mph, set to make landfall Wednesday. President Joe Biden called it the worst hurricane to hit Florida in a century, urging immediate evacuations. Florida’s emergency chief warned of "non-survivable" storm surges in some areas. Tampa’s police chief emphasized following mandatory evacuations, calling the storm "unprecedented." This comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene, which killed 225 people across six states. The MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has been evacuated, relocating personnel and aircraft.
