As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida as a Category 4 storm, officials in the Sunshine State are preparing for yet another disaster in a span of less than two weeks.
As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida as a tremendously powerful storm, officials in the Sunshine State are preparing for yet another disaster in a span of less than two weeks.
Officials are ordering mandatory evacuations in Florida, which many are heeding.
Several major hubs shut down ahead of the storm’s arrival including Orlando International Airport and Tampa International Airport. About two dozen flights heading out of Reagan Airport in D.C. to central Florida are canceled Wednesday.
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Renae Davis, of St. Petersburg, and her husband have spent the past two weeks helping flood victims nearby in Madeira Beach following Hurricane Helene. But her family has now evacuated with Milton threatening their home.
Davis and her husband own a boat shop. They’ve been ferrying supplies, including food, to people on barrier islands struck by Helene where Davis called the devastation “overwhelming.”
“We went to Restaurant Depot, bought about enough food to feed 600 people,” Davis told WTOP.
She worries this storm could flood their home.
“I have a high level of concern for our home,” she said. “When the storm was projected to hit us dead on, I had a couple of good crying sessions just preparing to have nothing when we came back.”
After Milton passes through, the couple plans to come back to help those people in Madeira Beach.
