At least six people were killed in St. Lucie County, four in Volusia County, two in Pinellas County, and one each in Hillsborough, Polk, Orange and Citrus counties, officials say.
Residents along the Alafia river use a boat as transportation through floodwaters caused by Hurricane Milton, October 11, 2024, in Lithia, Fla. / Photo: AP
President Joe Biden on Sunday will visit areas in Florida impacted by Hurricane Milton. Biden said the estimated damage from the hurricane was about $50 billion.Milton crashed into the Gulf Coast late Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, smashing communities still reeling from Hurricane Helene two weeks ago, which killed 237 people across the US southeast, including in Florida.Some streets were still flooded on Friday.
"They did find some people just outside dead, in a tree," 70-year-old resident Susan Stepp told AFP."I wish they would have evacuated." The National Weather Service issued a record 126 tornado warnings across the state Wednesday, wrote hurricane expert Michael Lowry. "This man survived in a nightmare scenario," Dana Grady of the Coast Guard's St Petersburg sector said in a statement.
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