Florida is evacuated from the arrival of the hurricane Milton – Mayor warns: If you stay, you will die.

Before he can recover from Helen, the U.S. is on a red alert for Milton approaching. Hurricane Milton was strengthened on the highest scale approaching the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, before his expected arrival – Wednesday night (09.10.2024) to Thursday – in Florida, USA. In fact, the mayor of Tampa Bay, a city in the hurricane’s sight, issued a serious warning to Floridans who do not take into account the calls for evacuation in view of the monstrous storm. “If you choose to stay … you will die,” Mayor Jane Castor told CNN directly speaking about Milton’s dangers, a “literally destructive” Category 5 hurricane heading towards the shores of the State of the Sun. The worst hurricane in a century Milton, a Category 5 hurricane on the five-degree Safir-Simpson scale, is approaching the time when Republicans accuse Democrats of reacting to the state apparatus during the hurricane’s advent Helen who caused the death of at least 230 people in the southeastern American states, including 15 in Florida. If he doesn’t change course, Milton is predicted to become the worst hurricane to hit the Tampa area for a century, meteorologists warned yesterday Monday. Cyclone is expected to strike Florida, the third most densely populated American state, from Wednesday night to Thursday, having swept Monday and Tuesday the northern coast of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula, in the Gulf of Mexico. With stormy winds up to 285 km/h, according to the U.S. National Cyclone Center (NHC), Milton is expected to cause “destructive waves” on the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Milton hits Cancun — Di No Al Pendejismo (@Noalpentejismo) Mexico’s new president Claudia Shainbaum warned the inhabitants of Yucatán about the danger of “deplorable rainfall”, through her posting on the X platform (formerly Twitter). Residents of the peninsula were sealing yesterday doors and windows of buildings, while fishing boats were massing back to the port. “Last time, cars were lost under water, here on the road,” David Levitsky from Trezur Island, a small Florida island with 6,500 inhabitants told the French News Agency (AFP). “But everything shows that this time the biggest problem for us will be the (stormy) winds,” Levitsky filled in. Así está la evacuación ahora mismo por el huracan Tomé estas dos fotos en vivo de la I-75 de las cámaras de tráfico de , disponibles en la página de la FDOT. — juandi (@vraiamant) “You have time to leave. Please, do it’ The Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSadis, warned residents of the areas at the greatest risk of being removed immediately. “You have time to leave. Please do so,” he urged them. In order to facilitate the evacuation of endangered areas, authorities shall allow the free passage of vehicles from toll stations. Hurricane Milton is predicted to cross the state from the southwest to the northeast. In an emergency state 51 of Florida’s 67 counties have been declared. In Orlando, a city where many entertainment parks are located, hundreds of cars formed on Monday huge queues at sandbag distribution sites. 29-year-old Dominic Tucharone told AFP that he was not planning to leave the area, but admitted to being concerned. “It’s been a long time since the eye of a cyclone passed through Orlando,” he said. I’m really sad because it is on track to hit Fort Myers, FL, my parents home, just 2 years after Ian made it look like this. Please Evacuate if you can. Idk what else to say. — Dani (@dlbeardown) Meanwhile, the U.S. vice president and Democratic candidate in the November 5 election, Kamala Harris, strongly criticised Donald Trump’s Republican opponent for “political games”, commenting on his accusations of a lack of state apparatus in providing assistance to Hurricane Ellen victims. It is “irresponsible and selfish” to engage in political games right now, in a time of crisis, Harris denounced. Photos: Reuters