Hurricane Milton warning sees millions in Florida evacuate

  • 2 days ago
Millions of people in Florida are rushing to leave
their homes, as Hurricane Milton races towards
the state's west coast.
Milton, a category five storm, is expected to hit the
Tampa area tonight, packing ferocious winds of
up to 165mph (270km/h).
US President Joe Biden warned that leaving was a
matter of "life and death', as the state undertakes
its largest evacuation effort in years
It comes less than two weeks after Hurricane
Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four
storm, killing at least 225 people across Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
North Carolina.

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