Welcome back to bbc news. Lets get more on our top story. Hurricane milton which is making its way towards the West Coast of florida. Five million people have been told to get out of its way. President biden says leaving was a matter of life and death. Nicole maul is the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross. Nicole is in tallahassee, florida and told us how theyve been preparing for something of this magnitude. Ican i can tell you that the American Red Cross has been on the ground in florida and the South East for more than two weeks in response first to Hurricane Helene and now milton. We need to understand what the impacts will be across florida. There are shelters across the state for folks who are evacuating and i cannot stress enough how important it is, if you are being told to evacuate you absolutely need to follow his orders. We do not know what the storm can bring, we know it will be dangerous and they want folks to stay safe as possible. I5 and they want folks to
People in the area have been told to evacuate with the mayor of tampa saying with the mayor of tampa saying if you stay, you will die. If you stay, you will die. Long queues of traffic have long queues of traffic have been seen on the highway been seen on the highway as people try to leave before as people try to leave before the storm hits. The storm hits. Fifty one florida counties Fifty One florida counties are under a State Of Emergency are under a state of Emergency Ani and 202 Health Care Ani and 202 Health Care facilities have been facilities have been and 202 Health Care and 202 Health Care facilities have been facilities have been according to florida governor ron de santis. The fresh warnings come less than two weeks less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit after Hurricane Helene Hit Florida and nearby us states florida and nearby us states killing at least 225 people, killing at least 225 people, and bringing widespread damage. And bringing widespread damage. President
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