Tampa, United States.- Powerful Hurricane Milton devastated central Florida from east to west on Wednesday night, causing flooding and deadly tornadoes, two weeks after another devastating cyclone hit.
The federal government reported at least 5 deaths due to the passage of the cyclone. “In our opinion, these deaths were caused by the tornadoes” that formed over “Milton,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday.
“This storm produced many tornadoes,” Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed this Thursday on CNBC, who said he feared that the weather phenomena would cause numerous deaths.
Meteorological services had warned of the risk of tornadoes associated with the hurricane.
“Milton,” which on Thursday morning left Florida behind and is in Atlantic waters, also “caused flooding in places like Daytona Beach and Saint Augustine,” on the east coast of the peninsula, he said, but also in the heart of Florida, like Orlando, where Disney World theme parks remained closed as a precaution.
However, the worst-case scenario appears to have been avoided, especially on the West Coast.
“Sea submergence was not as significant as during Hurricane Helene a few weeks ago,” DeSantis said, noting that Milton had decreased in intensity and changed course slightly before making landfall.
The Republican governor spoke by telephone this Thursday morning with President Joe Biden, according to the White House, who had warned several times that “Milton” had the strength to be one of the most destructive hurricanes in the last century.
In a video published this Thursday, the Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, said he was “saddened by the devastation” caused by “Milton.”
The former president, who resides in Florida, said he “prays” with his wife Melania for those affected by the hurricane.
In the Tampa Bay city of St. Petersburg, the hurricane ripped off the roof of the Rays baseball stadium and caused a crane to collapse.
3.3 million Florida homes were without power Thursday morning, according to the specialized website poweroutage.us.
Authorities report 5 deaths from Hurricane ‘Milton’.
Biden asked Trump to stop spreading fake news about the hurricane.
“Mr. President Trump, former President Trump… do something useful with your life, man, help these people.”
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