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Florida Prepares for Evacuations as Hurricane Milton Becomes Category 5

Florida Prepares for Evacuations as Hurricane Milton Becomes Category 5

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Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds estimated to be 257 kmh, and is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center has issued an updated forecast, and the state is gearing up for a potentially catastrophic storm that could bring widespread destruction. Florida is preparing for its largest evacuation since 2017, with population centers including Tampa and Orlando potentially in the storm's path. The storm is also forecast to graze Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as it churns eastward.

World Weather Attribution
1. Hurricane Helene and the storms that were happening in the region anyway have all been amplified by the fact that the air is warmer and can hold more moisture, which meant that the rainfall totals — which, even without climate change, would have been incredibly high given the circumstances — were even higher.
US National Weather Service
1. Milton will be a historic storm for the west coast of Florida.
Chad Chronister
1. Yes, this stinks. We know that, and it comes on the heels of where a lot of us are still recovering from Hurricane Helene.
US National Hurricane Center
1. Damaging hurricane-force winds and a life-threatening storm surge with destructive waves are expected across portions of the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula through tonight.
2. This is a very serious threat and residents in Florida are urged to listen to local officials.
Jane Castor
1. If you want to take on Mother Nature, she wins 100% of the time.
2. If you choose to stay … you are going to die.
3. This is the real deal here with Milton.
4. This is something that I've never seen in my life and I can tell you that anyone who was born and raised in the Tampa Bay area has never seen anything like this before.
5. Those of you who were punched during Hurricane Helene, this is going to be a knockout. You need to get out, and you need to get out now.
Kamala Harris
Democratic Party
1. Moments of crisis, if nothing else, should be the moment that anyone who calls himself a leader says they're going to put politics aside and put the people first.
2. It is about political gamesmanship, instead of doing the job you took an oath to do, which is to put the people first.
Deanne Criswell
Federal Emergency Management Agency
1. I need people to listen to their local officials to get out of harm's way.
Sandra Tapfumaneyi
Office of Emergency Management
1. Evacuate now if you have not done so already.

Florida Prepares for Evacuations as Hurricane Milton Becomes Category 5

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