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Water is a blessing to have, ... but it is very deadly."
It’s great that you might have busloads of people that you’re able to get out very quickly, but who knows how they make it separated from their families, which we know happens. How long are they going to be gone? We don’t know what the impacts are gonna be from these different storms,
If you have a disability and you don’t have an accessible place to evacuate to or you don’t have a vehicle, that’s extra difficult,
Sometimes people stay to protect their home, to protect their animals that they can’t take with them,
If you choose to stay … you are going to die.”
On 7 October, as Hurricane Milton was just days away from making landfall in Tampa, Florida, the city’s mayor Jane Castor issued a dire warning to residents in evacuation zones Evacuation by invitation is one of the strongest ways to get people to leave,
Any socioeconomic disparity that exists on a day-to-day is only going to be heightened during disaster,
At this level the first floors of structures are completely flooded and there are few places that it is safe when the water rises this high.”
Speaking on Tuesday (8 October), she said It's a matter of life and death, and that's not hyperbole,
Biden said from the White House, calling on citizens to "evacuate now, now, now." Fluctuations in intensity are likely while Milton moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, but Milton is expected to be a dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the west-central coast of Florida Wednesday night,
We will carry out a clear survey of housing and port infrastructure to carry out the necessary repairs and thus support those who need it most,
he posted on X, formerly Twitter Basically the entire peninsula portion of Florida is under some type of either a watch or a warning,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at a news conference These extremely warm sea surface temperatures provide the fuel necessary for the rapid intensification that we saw taking place to occur,
said climate scientist Daniel Gilford of Climate Central, a nonprofit research group Now that it's my turf, it's different. When I storm chase in Louisiana, there's a one-way road, and it’s in and out. I don't know where the heck I'm going. This is my turf. So, I've lived for this moment,
To me, it’s sad. You get kind of numb to the idea of living here that it can't happen. And Helene was a rude wake-up call. Maybe that really got people fired up in a weird way."
Boylan told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview I sense a little panic, a race. Because the storms will be here tomorrow night. A lot of a lot of plywood and trucks. A lot of people [are] still evacuating, boarding up, [a] familiar sight living in Florida,
I’ve got a debris pile behind me just littered with debris for miles and miles and miles. And it's the same scene up and down to all of the Tampa Bay region. This is one story of many, of course, that's unfolding. And it's just it's sad for these folks, they lost everything. Now dealing with possibly a higher storm surge,
We have food but it's kind of scary and... yeah, I'll keep you guys updated,
Her whole street flooded and we were evacuated after three days without power or running water by the U.S. military,
I, meanwhile, was a virgin with a meek ponytail, living in a railroad apartment that was sinking into the Gowanus Canal,