Steven Hartill, originally from Wolverhampton, says he has no idea where his shed has blown away to.
Families from across the West Midlands region who are visiting or living in Florida have spoken to the BBC about their experiences of being caught in Hurricane Milton.three million homes and businesses are without power, and there have been "a number of deaths"Steven Hartill, who is originally from Wolverhampton but has lived in the Orlando area for about 30 years, said his roof was leaking from relentless rain and his shed had blown away.
At just before 21:00 EST in Florida on Wednesday , she said she was about 30 miles from the eye of Hurricane Milton and they had lost power. Michael Long, who is also from Wolverhampton and now lives in Florida, has returned to Tettenhall on a long-planned trip with other family members, but has left his wife Lyndi behind at their home in Plant City.“We’re hanging in there," she said."There was a meteorologist crying on the news because he was so worried about this being a category five and hitting us, but fortunately it veered and didn’t come directly at us and was downgraded to a category three.
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