We start in the united states, where hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm, as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of wednesday s projected landfall. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring you a destructive storm surge, and some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. It s expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacu
You can see this time lapse here shared by american astronaut matthew dominick showing how this storm looks from space. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the southeastern us 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death also warning this could be one of the worst storms to hit florida in a century. Melanie bevan is the chief of police in bradentown a town that is right in the path of hurrican milton and experienced a lot of damage during the recent hurricane helene. She spoke about what a forecast like this means for law enforcement in the area. We have
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