Hurricane Milton's path of destruction
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🗓️ 10 October 2024
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Many across the southeastern U.S. were still struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which hit less than two weeks ago.
Now, residents and officials must again navigate the clean up rescue and recovery efforts.
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| 0:00.0 | On Wednesday, Florida residents prepared for the worst. |
| 0:03.7 | Millions of residents in Florida have been warned to prepare for catastrophic impact |
| 0:08.3 | as Hurricane Milton closes in. |
| 0:10.1 | Let's go live to you. |
| 0:11.1 | This one definitely has me, has my heart in my throat. I am definitely a little |
| 0:15.9 | scared about this one. While people across the southeastern United States are |
| 0:20.0 | still struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which hit less than two weeks ago. |
| 0:26.5 | Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday evening. |
| 0:30.1 | They are getting pummeled. |
| 0:31.5 | It made landfall as a major category 3 storm in Siesta |
| 0:35.0 | key heavy rain from Milton's. Power outage numbers are climbing as Hurricane |
| 0:38.8 | Milton raced across Florida overnight. There are millions of people in the dark this morning. |
| 0:43.4 | Tampa Bay did not. The day is dawning on a major catastrophe across Florida. |
| 0:49.2 | Congresswoman Kathy Kaster represents Florida's 14th District which includes Tampa. |
| 0:54.7 | She spoke to NPR's Michelle Martin Thursday morning about what she's seen. |
| 0:58.6 | Raging winds, blowing rain, power lines going down, this is going to have major impacts to our infrastructure, |
| 1:07.0 | our water, wastewater, roads, bridges. |
| 1:12.0 | And many people across the region are still in harm's way. |
| 1:15.0 | And what we've been seeing for the past several hours is multiple rescue teams |
| 1:20.0 | going out and rescuing families. We have several boats out in this community. |
| 1:27.0 | Consider this as Hurricane Milton leaves Florida, residents and local and federal officials must again |
| 1:32.4 | navigate the cleanup, rescue and recovery efforts |
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