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STOP: Do not walk out into receding water in Tampa Bay—the water WILL return through storm surge and poses a life-threatening risk."
The Florida Division of Emergency Management on Wednesday night posted to X, formerly Twitter It's going to mean pretty much all the rescues are going to be done in the dark, in the middle of the night, but that's fine. They're going to do that,
At this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down,
DeSantis said upon announcing the landfall So the storm is here. It's time for every one to hunker down,
Governor Ron DeSantis told a press conference just before Milton's arrival Stay inside and stay off the roads. Flood waters and rushing storm surge are very dangerous,
There's been a reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies,
Biden said in angry remarks It is dangerous, it is unconscionable, frankly, that anyone who'd consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people to the point that those desperate people would not receive the aid to which they are entitled,
It’s actually a lot calmer now than before but I think it’ll get a bit hairy later on,
he told the Herald after 2pm NZT Life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding continue as Milton moves inland along the Florida West Coast,
the National Hurricane Centre said The worst will hit early hours of the morning so could be a long night,
We're not gonna get the 15 feet that was predicted in the onset,
Storm surge is absolutely pouring into Venice, Florida now as hurricane #Milton makes landfall,
storm chaser Bryce Shelton wrote while sharing a video to X, formerly Twitter Surge has now crested the protective wall in Punta Gorda, FL and is now pouring into the city,
wrote storm chaser Brad Arnold while sharing a different video Hopefully [people in Tampa] are just sheltering in the place right now,
It's scary out there,
said Marcus Vargas, who says The thing is it’s so difficult to evacuate in a peninsula,
Unless you really have a good reason to leave at this point, we suggest you just hunker down,
Polk County Emergency Management Director Paul Womble said in a public update You'll have bipartisan support for that, and it will all happen in due time, and we'll get that job done,
the speaker said on Fox News Sunday this past weekend Our communities cannot wait, and we must act swiftly to provide them with the assurance that their government will stand by them,
As hurricane conditions worsen, emergency responders may not be able to get to you until the storm subsides,
Pinellas County said in an update Wednesday