After tearing over Florida, where it caused 150 tornadoes and cut off electricity to over 3 million consumers, Hurricane Milton roared into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.<\/p>\n
While Tampa was spared a direct strike, the storm added to the suffering inflicted by Helene and claimed at least ten lives. A senior government official stated Thursday that Hurricane Milton killed at least ten people in the southern US state of Florida, according to AFP.<\/p>\n
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas informed reporters, “We have reports that at least 10 individuals have lost their lives as a result of Hurricane Milton.<\/p>\n
Authorities in 15 Florida counties, home to roughly 7.2 million people, issued mandatory evacuation orders, causing thousands of people to flee and about 80,000 to spend the night in shelters.<\/p>\n
After reaching land, Milton was downgraded to a Category 2 storm approximately 90 minutes later. With maximum sustained winds of roughly 135 kph, the hurricane was a Category 1 storm by early Thursday and was departing the state close to Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n
Although there was extensive damage and the possibility of days of rising water levels, Governor Ron DeSantis stated that this was not “the worst-case scenario.”<\/p>\n