By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
Authorities in Florida, on Tuesday, issued warnings to residents in Hurricane Milton’s path, telling them to flee the potentially historic storm, which is set to make landfall in a day.
The hurricane, according to NBC News, was expected to reach Florida’s Gulf Coast between 10 p.m. today, Wednesday and 2 a.m. Thursday, 2024.
“You have time today. Time is running out.
“But you do have time today to heed any evacuation orders and do what you need to do to protect yourself and our families,” Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Tuesday.
In addition to the rush of getting residents out of town, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said she fears that debris left by Hurricane Helene might not be picked up in time and would then be used “as a weapon” by the next storm.
“Anybody and everybody, neighbors helping neighbors, just to get that household debris out of the way so that Milton doesn’t pick it up and use it as a weapon,” she said.
Castor urged her constituents to evacuate inland and flee from dangerous waters.
“This is literally a difference between life and death.
“So people don’t have to go far. They just need to get inland.
“They have got to get out of the path of that storm surge,” she said.
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