BREAKING NEWS: DeSantis Warns Of Major Devastation As Hurricane Milton Bears Down On Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) holds a press briefing about Hurricane Milton.

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[Anyonesguess]

A double whammy! Prayers to Florida, the Carolinas & surrounding states.

[tinaturner]

Prayers for Florida I've asked my angels from up above to keep Florida safe

[dorsheadodge]

Wow, great job Governor. Prayers for you and your state and people.

[Teri_B.]

Love him so much. 😭 SO proud, thankful & blessed to have him lead our state. He is The Man. 🌞🏖🇺🇲🙏🏼💞

[info]

i’ve never been so proud to be a Floridian. God bless our governor. God bless our citizens.
United, we will stand in the great free state of Florida!

[MBT]

Leadership at its best!
God Bless Florida!!🙏

[kathyschleifer]

Best Governor EVER ! Praying for FL and ALL areas hurt and affected by the storms

[treatstreats]

Prayers to family in the path of Milton and thank you FL Guard and volunteers that help us in NC. Prayers to all of FL!

[sallys]

Praying for all victims of hurricanes. And all helpers. We love you all.

[donkpa]

My prayers God will protect Florida people in His hands A men

[andreahernandez]

Prayers to my brothers and sisters and all the animals in Florida 🙏 ❤🌹

[ypfbpne]

PRAYING STRONGLY FOR ALL FLORIDA, ALL THE PEOPLE. DESANTIS IS A GREAT GOVERNOR, HE CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND HAS MADE PROVISIONS AND PREPARATION. AMEN.

[BeverlyJ]

"BEAUTIFUL WELL SAID! GOVERNOR DESANTIS! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!"
🙏🏽❤️💔😥🙏🏽❤️💔😥🙏🏽❤️💔😥🙏🏽

[ramonitacotte]

Praying for this country and great people .We need you God and Trust You.Amen

[MarilynsArtistry]

God Bless you Ron DeSantis! What an awesome governor! We couldn’t have asked for a better leader! Proud Floridian! We will persevere and rebuild! God bless all the line men and our military troops and first responders!We are Florida Strong! God bless everyone 🙏🏼

[DanaDay-id]

In my 62 years of living in Florida I have never seen a hurricane like that and I fear for anything in it's path. Praying for Florida 🙏

[gypsy]

we are so blessed to have this man as our Governor in our beautiful state of Florida 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪 stay safe my fellow Floridians ❤️❤️❤️

[doming]

Thank you Gov Ron DeSantes for your leadership and prayers 🙏🇺🇸protecting your constituents from active duty and applaud you all your accomplishments during Helene and now Milton. God Bless you 🙏🙏

[RacecarSpelledBackwards]

Saw a report where President Trump opened up his Doral resort to house all the linemen coming into the area from out-of-town who will be ready to help restore power wherever it is lost during the storm.

[rebeccamartinez]

This is what leadership looks like. Not like VP Harris showing up at a FEMA office to give a speech. God bless everyone helping 🙏