Biden, Florida gov say disaster officials on scene at Hurricane Milton cleanup

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00:00In news overseas, both POTUS Joe Biden who put off a trip to Germany and Angola to stay home

00:05and preside over disaster response efforts and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis agree that

00:11federal government efforts have been up to the task in Milton-stricken areas of the Sunshine

00:16State. B-Way's White House correspondent Anita Powell has the full story.

00:20Twisters, heavy flooding, and a massive repair bill. This was how Hurricane Milton made its

00:30mark on Florida overnight Wednesday, slamming first into the sleepy barrier island of Siesta

00:36Key. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Thursday that state officials are on the scene.

00:42We had over 80,000 people that were into shelters overnight as the storm hit the state.

00:49We will better understand the extent of the damage as the day progresses. First responders

00:56have been working all through the night to help people who were in distress and what we can say

01:01is the storm was significant but thankfully this was not the worst case scenario. Lisa Raina,

01:08a Gibsonton resident who took shelter in nearby Tampa, told BOA the roof flew off her home.

01:14The devastation around our neighborhood is bad. Nobody knows what they're doing.

01:22This is horrific. I feel for everybody. Washington knows it's in the eye of a political

01:28hurricane over the federal response. President Joe Biden spoke Thursday and again urged former

01:34President Donald Trump in stark terms to stop spreading misinformation aimed at discrediting

01:39the government's response. Trump had said falsely that an emergency $750 payment made

01:45available to storm victims was the only assistance they could expect. What we're providing now to make

01:50sure people have the emergency relief they need, the dollars just to be able to get a prescription

01:55filled, to get a baby formula done, all the things, that $750 that you're talking about,

02:02Mr. Trump and all those other people know it's a lie to suggest that's all they're going to get.

02:08He also spoke of next steps. I think the Congress should be coming back and moving on

02:13the emergency needs immediately and they're going to have to come back after the election as well

02:18because this is going to be a long haul for total rebuilding. It's going to take several

02:23billion dollars. Aid workers say this double whammy of storms, first Tulane, now Milton,

02:29is especially rough for low-income communities and minorities. They're already hanging by a thread

02:35and this is oftentimes just for storms that don't even make the news.

02:39And so with Milton, we're looking at a whole new level of danger.

02:44This Tampa neighborhood knows this well. Resident Carlos Suarez cursed the storm

02:49but offered some solace. We survived, he said, and that, he added, is all that matters.

02:57Anita Powell, VOA News, Washington.

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