Local authorities and Weather Experts say milton will bring a destructive Storm Surge in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 155mph or 250kph. 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, making the Sunshine State the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in Miltons Path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. We can show you just how huge Hurricane Milton is. Nasa Astronaut Matthew dominick has shared this time Lapse Video filmed as the international Space
Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. And what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flare ups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing Emergency Workers in. Its coming at a
to get a closer look at the devastation on sanibal island as residents returned home for the first time. it was an emotional romoment fo so many people. reporter: absolutely, pamela. we took this boat ride with a couple of women who brought their home on sanibal island two years ago. it was their dream home, and they had to hire a driver, a captain, because it s the only way to get to the island now, because that causeway was destroyed by hurricane ian. so, it was about an hourlong boat ride and then about a mile walk from the beach to their home, and what we saw along the way was just horrible. and so sad. there were cars that were turn around over. there were buildings collapsed, resorts just destroyed. as we approached their home, they could see the screen around their pool had caved in. then, it took them about an hour to get inside because the hurricane shutters were down, and they re powered by electricity, and there is none. once inside, the upstairs level was dry. t
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