The president of the United States, Joe Biden, warned this Tuesday that Hurricane Milton could be the ‘worst’ to hit the state of Florida in a century and asked the people who are in the trajectory of the storm to evacuate as soon as possible.
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“It could be the worst hurricane to hit Florida in more than a century and, God willing, it won’t be, but that’s what it seems like right now,” Biden told reporters at the White House, shortly after announcing that he was canceling a trip to Germany and Angola to stay in the United States and oversee the hurricane response. .
Biden stated that the impact of Milton, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday night in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, could be “devastating.”
“I urge everyone in the path of Hurricane Milton to listen to local authorities and follow safety measures. If you are under evacuation orders, They must evacuate right now. They should have evacuated by now. “It’s a matter of life and death, and that’s not an exaggeration,” Biden said.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States warned in its bulletin at 11:00 local time (15:00 GMT) that “Today is the last day for Florida residents to prepare” in their homes or evacuate designated areasif indicated by local authorities.
Milton, a hurricane that strengthened in record time in the Gulf of Mexico until reaching category 5, the largest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, was downgraded today to category 4 and is expected to center makes landfall Wednesday night near Tampa Bay in Hillsborough County (west coast of Florida).
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