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Join Wunderry Plus in the Wundery app. Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday October 10th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today how FEMA is approaching its response to the latest major hurricane to make

landfall. Plus lawmakers in North Carolina make it easier for residents affected

by Helene to vote.

And what's Israel's next move amid tensions with Iran?

Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's West Coast last night

as a category three storm. The National Hurricane

Center said Milton made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County with

maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. President Joe Biden before Milton's landfall called it the

storm of the century and warned residents to heed evacuation orders. Numerous

news outlets and Tampa residents posted video of the roof of Tropicana Field being ripped

to shreds by Milton's winds. The dome stadium is home to Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay

Rays and has recently been used as a base camp to support the Florida Department of Emergency

Management ahead of the hurricane.

By early this morning, Milton's winds had weakened to 90 miles an hour as it moved

cross state toward Florida's Atlantic coast as a category one

storm. It's still too early to assess initial damage but hundreds of homes have been destroyed

and nearly 3 million people were without power earlier this morning.

For a look at how FEMA is approaching its emergency response to the latest major hurricane.

I spoke yesterday with FEMA's Acting Associate Administrator for response and recovery, Keith Turi, before Milton made

landfall.

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