Hurricane Milton: Officials warn of life-threatening situation

As Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 4 storm, officials are urging Florida residents to evacuate immediately, with the mayor of Tampa issuing a dire warning: “if you remain there, you could die.” NBC's Tom Llamas reports for TODAY.

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[musicnumbers]

Listen to the police! Evacuate! Don’t be one of those “I’ve ALWAYS lived here” people or else you WON’T be living much longer!

[richiemochi]

People need to stop living in denial. Florida has become uninhabitable. Stop wasting time and resources rebuilding it. 2 hurricanes in 2 weeks is insane and I am 41 years old and never heard of such thing.

[joshualawrence]

And as you imagine, a whole bunch of people are staying

[MattOlshove-fkus]

Most people live pay check to paycheck its gonna b tough

[justjane]

You must talk about project 2025. They want to disband FEMA, hurricane warning centre, national weather service and more.

[ericktellez]

Hurricane after hurricane days apart, but y’all continue consuming and defending these companies that have caused climate change.

[tiffanykoma]

In this case it's very difficult to evacuate. No gas, no hotels, grid lock. So very sad!

[jmo]

That's one eighty SUSTAINED. that is not including the wind gusts

[phillipcotton]

Southern climates( Florida in particular) always have had their risk factors in terms of hurricanes, but what makes it so bad now is the financial strain to save for emergency evacuations. Florida went from being an affordable retirement haven to an overcrowded, INFLATED trap for those not being able to keep up with the cost to dwell in an apartment or house.

[ghostbusterslimer]

My heart is going out to Florida. I am sorry your having to deal with this. I well keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. I know praying doesn't help as much but sometimes I feel its necessary to bring some good energy to people who need comforting knowing someone is thinking about them. Please stay strong, Get out, Make preparations and get your family and friends and children and pets to safety this is not a normal hurricane. May god keep you all protected.

[JblancoS]

Man said *12 feet is about here* then proceeded to point at the level of his forehead 😂

[MattOlshove-fkus]

Salt water will absolutely ruin everything theres not gonna be much left if your not twentyfeet in the air on solid concrete

[bluevote-bq]

From the State of California Office of Emergency Services web site:
In total, California has deployed 284 highly specialized personnel to support hurricane response efforts in recent weeks
SACRAMENTO – With Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in Florida this week as a Category 5 hurricane, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the deployment of 144 firefighters and ground support personnel from three California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams to assist with incident management, emergency operations and search and rescue efforts.
This incoming aid is in addition to California Urban Search and Rescue resources recently deployed to support the response to Hurricane Helene, including 140 firefighters and support personnel from California/FEMA US&R Task Forces.
This is what putting politics aside looks like.

[our-collective-awareness]

Everyone panick buy more oil product. Oligarchs just love these climate emergencies they've created. Seems they are the only ones profiting from the increase in disasters. They've created their own perfect feedback loop. 10/10 Amazing work.

[Usernotfound]

When you spend years telling people to ignore experts and scientist telling them to quarantine, don’t be surprised when they refuse to evacuate.

[ariasnow]

Please get out of there be safe !! God protect your all !!

[debra]

I don't know how Floridians do it job, rent, food, hurricanes, Stay strong and prayers to GOD for all of you.

[lysettecamacho]

Where do these 100 and 1, 00 of people go ? This is so sad! Praying for them!

[andreamccomb]

I Feel bad for those who can’t leave, praying for u all! 🙏 ❤

[Bandwidth]

Don't live in florida. You know what you signed up for 😮