Hurricane Milton leaves widespread destruction; rescue operations underway
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🗓️ 12 October 2024
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The death toll from Hurricane Milton has risen to 17, while officials warn of billions in damages.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday, October 12, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.5 | excerpt. Today Floridians assess damage after Milton, plus how Mexico is holding the line on |
| 0:27.6 | migration and how the cost of child care is hitting families and playing a role in the |
| 0:32.2 | buildup to the election. |
| 0:34.0 | As several major airports and tourist attractions in Florida reopened yesterday, |
| 0:39.0 | rescue crews continued to pull people from floodwaters |
| 0:42.0 | and more than 2 million homes and businesses remained without power after deadly Hurricane Milton slammed the state killing at least 17 people. |
| 0:50.0 | Born out of a typically uninspiring cluster of thunderstorms late last week in the Western Gulf of Mexico, |
| 0:56.0 | Milton had a quick intense life over the past few days as it roared across the Gulf and slammed into Florida late Wednesday as a category 3 hurricane after a rapid |
| 1:05.5 | intensification to a category 5 at one point. |
| 1:08.8 | As for what's next, early estimates suggest the damage wreaked by Milton could total $50 billion. |
| 1:14.8 | We're going to be going to the Congress. |
| 1:16.6 | We're going to need a lot help. |
| 1:18.0 | We need a lot more money. |
| 1:19.7 | As we identify specifically how much is needed. |
| 1:24.8 | So I'm just telling everybody now. |
| 1:26.3 | I don't want to hear them. |
| 1:27.6 | This is going to be the end of it. |
| 1:29.0 | For all the latest on Milton and Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, |
| 1:32.4 | stay with USA Today.com. |
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