Hurricane Milton prompts mandatory evacuations in parts of Florida as its barrels toward coast

At least nine counties in Florida are under mandatory evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton closes in on its Gulf Coast. Milton on Monday became the strongest storm in the Gulf of Mexico since 2005. Forecasters say it could be the worst storm in western Florida in more than a century.

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[chismstories]

They should have water pumps insude to pull excess water out to opposite side of building

[tsvandyke]

0:03 .. .why don't they ( have a plan ) to shut down ( & switch direction ) of 1/2 of the lanes of inbound traffic lanes to help with outgoing traffic ... ( duh - the city of San Francisco does this on the golden gate bridge every morning & night ) - ( example - if the bridge is 8 lanes wide - in the morning they have 6 lanes going inbound & 2 lanes open for outbound traffic - every night they switch it to 6 lanes outbound & 2 lanes inbound ) ... seriously it is NOT that hard !

[tsvandyke]

what do you think is going to happen to the 5 foot high trash piles in the streets - if you are expecting a 15 foot high water level ?

[kpweqwi]

As a nurse, I can’t imagine having to stay there and take care of patients during a hurricane. 😮 My guess is thats it’s required when they get hired on at that hospital. I hope they are getting some type of disaster pay or hurricane pay because it would not be right for them to receive their normal pay during a hurricane..

[heather]

Tell your on-site reporter he needs to supplement lugol's iodine.

[nathanlawson]

I don't wanna say "That's why I live in Michigan", because I'll definitely jinx us.

[aaronkuntze]

Why would anyone live in a state that gets hit by an average of 6 hurricanes each and every year?
Stupid is as stupid does.

[GarretGrayCamera]

First Cat 5 in 20 years? You forgot Michael in 2018.

[tsvandyke]

the streets were clear before & it causes this much damage ... now ADD a MILLION pieces of trash ( possible projectiles ) in the path of the wind & water surge 15 feet high !!

[AzurHadzi-vt]

Schok of criminal policy of Republicans is huge indeed.

[carljeffrey]

it is called HARP brought on by evil taking adavantage of the weather, stay safe, pray, and help

[fennx]

They are cooked 0: lucky us I guess no hurricanes in my area :))

[obae]

"I'll lower the oceans tides!" -- candidate Obama
"Hold my beer! " -- hurricane Milton
"What storm? -- president Biden
"I'll send billions to Lebanon." -- v.p. Kamala Harris
"FEMA is broke!" -- homeland security Mayorkas

[frommordorwithlove]

I hope this doesn't change the amount of aid to Ukraine🤔

[tsvandyke]

" the safest place is moving to higher ground." ... NO - the safest place is ( to never live ) in Florida in the first place .

[chiqqn.nuqqet]

I expect u to come save me bc that is what my tax dollars are paying you to do! HELLO!!?

[chiqqn.nuqqet]

Excuse me officer? That’s what the police are suppose to do they’re suppose to help during emergency’s. I’m staying in Tampa bc this is my home and if my home is being broken into by Mother Nature you better get ur a$$ to my house to save me