Milton to become a major hurricane Monday as it heads for Florida
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🗓️ 7 October 2024
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Hurricane Milton is expected to barrel into Florida Wednesday.
It's been one year since the Hamas attack on Israel. For more, listen to our special edition episode from Sunday.
USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen discusses concerns over postal delays ahead of next month's election.
The FEMA administrator Sunday knocked former President Donald Trump's Hurricane Helene recovery claims.
USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page talks through new analysis showing red states have gotten redder and blue states bluer. What impact does that have on our politics and our country?
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, October 7th, 2024. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:17.0 | Today, the latest on a new storm brewing in the Gulf. |
| 0:25.0 | Plus, it's been one year since Hamas attacks on Israel, |
| 0:30.0 | and we discuss concerns over postal delays in this year's election. |
| 0:34.0 | There's a new hurricane on the way, Milton. |
| 0:39.0 | A storm gained hurricane status yesterday as it rolled through the Gulf of Mexico on a track headed |
| 0:43.7 | Wednesday for parts of the Florida Peninsula still reeling from Hurricane |
| 0:47.8 | Helene. The National Hurricane Center predicts the storm will reach major hurricane |
| 0:51.7 | status later today meaning at least a category 3. |
| 0:55.2 | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis yesterday expanded a state of emergency that now covers 51 of the state's 67 counties. |
| 1:02.8 | Rain, which has already begun in Florida, |
| 1:04.8 | could reach totals of 5 to 10 inches, |
| 1:07.0 | with localized totals up to 15 inches |
| 1:09.4 | across parts of the Florida Peninsula and the Keys |
| 1:11.8 | through Wednesday night. Hurricane Center Specialist Eric Blake said. of the |
| 1:15.0 | Florida Peninsula and the Keys through Wednesday night, Hurricane Center Specialist Eric Blake said. |
| 1:15.1 | The rain brings the risk of widespread minor to moderate river flooding, |
| 1:19.0 | but there's still plenty of uncertainty over Milton's path and the storm could hit Florida as a major hurricane or |
| 1:24.7 | weaken according to the hurricane center. It can stay up on all the latest with USA Today.com. Today marks one year since Hamas attack civilians in Israel and Israeli |
| 1:38.1 | Defense Forces responded with bombings and eventually a ground invasion |
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