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Florida is becoming a disaster area. Hurricane Milton is ravaging the Sunshine State. Severe tidal waves are expected in the USA. Follow the events in the live blog.
With a hurricane strength of three out of five, Hurricane “Milton”, classified as “extremely dangerous”, made landfall in the US state of Florida. “Data indicates that the eye of the hurricane made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County,” the US Hurricane Center NHC said on Wednesday evening.
Flooding from tidal waves is expected for the densely populated and low-lying Gulf Coast of Florida in western Florida. According to predictions, “Milton” will later move across the peninsula to the Atlantic. On the path of the hurricane is the city of Orlando, which is popular with tourists and has the Walt Disney World theme park.
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Source: Stern
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