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Millions still without power after Milton

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USA TODAY

News, Daily News

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Milton has moved to the Atlantic after slamming Florida as a Category 3 hurricane.

USA TODAY Senior National News Reporter Rebecca Morin explains how Latino men are shying away from Vice President Kamala Harris in the major battleground state of Nevada.

Former President Donald Trump unveiled new trade and tax deduction plans in a Detroit speech Thursday.

USA TODAY Reporter Andrea Riquier talks through why the housing market appears to be an exception to inflation trends.

Ethel Kennedy dies at 96.


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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday October 11th, 2024. This is the

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excerpt. Today, the latest aftermath from Hurricane Milton, plus how Latino men in a major battleground

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state are shying away from Kamla Harris.

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And why is the housing market an exception to inflation trends?

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Hurricane Milton moved out to the Atlantic yesterday after tearing across Florida,

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killing at least 14 people and knocking out power to millions.

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It appears the worst case scenarios of the storm feared by meteorologists, officials,

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and residents have been avoided, but it did not go quietly, flooding neighborhoods,

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destroying homes, ripping the roof off a major sports venue,

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and toppling a massive crane into an office building.

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More than 2.6 million homes and businesses

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remained without power late yesterday, according to power outage.

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U.S. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a briefing yesterday that the storm weakened

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before making landfall and that the storm

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surge was not as significant as what was observed for Hurricane Helene.

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Milton came two weeks after Helene slammed into the Florida coast on its way

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to devastating communities across at least seven states.

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Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a category 3 hurricane.

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Vice President Kamla Harris is leading former President Donald Trump with Latinos in the key battleground state of Nevada, there are shying away. I spoke with USA Today's senior national news reporter

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Rebecca Maureen to learn more. Rebecca, thanks for making the time.

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