The elements caused new flooding and power outages.
Hurricane “Milton” has already reached the coast of Florida. State authorities have sent more than 5.5 million people evacuation notices due to the elements.
The New York Times reports this.
“Milton” is the largest hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico since 2005. Evacuation operations began earlier this week. They are already being called one of the largest operations of this type in the history of the state.
The epicenter of the elements is expected to hit the central-west coast of Florida. This region includes Tampa, a city with a population of 3.3 million people. It has not been hit by a direct storm since 1921.
“This hurricane is a disaster, and I will say this without any dramatization: if you decide to stay in one of these evacuation zones, you will die,” said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.
The city of St. Petersburg received almost 23 centimeters of rain in three hours, which is the three-month average rainfall for this city.
Earlier, the White House press service reported that Biden canceled his visit to Germany, where he was supposed to chair a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine Defense (format “Ramstein”).
In Berlin on October 10, Biden was scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss Ukraine.
At this meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to present his partners with a “victory plan” and then make it public.
Biden also planned to visit Ramstein Air Base, where another meeting of a broader global coalition of friends of Kiev will take place. From Germany, Biden planned to go to Angola.
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