Over 50,000 linemen will respond to Hurricane Milton — the “largest staging of utility workers and linemen in advance of the storm any time in American history.”
There is still time to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival, Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday, urging those in evacuation zones to — in the very least — travel to a nearby shelter to hunker down for the storm.
Just go. That was the message Wednesday morning for Floridians still prepared to defy orders to evacuate ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Milton as officials warned stay-behinds they face grim survival odds.
There is “still a lot of uncertainty” of where Hurricane Milton’s eye will make landfall, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who held another press conference Tuesday afternoon, warning that this is “not just an event about the west coast of Florida,” as it will impact the east coast as well.
Florida is opening highway shoulders to allow more room for evacuees amid dense traffic as Hurricane Milton approaches the state’s west coast.
Hurricane Milton has the “potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,” the NHC says.
Residents of Tampa, Florida, are being warned that ignoring evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton approaches could result in dire consequences.
Hurricane Milton is closing on Florida’s west coast with landfall expected as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning as a mass exodus continues. The extreme weather event will arrive as Floridians still work to recover from the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene’s impact 12 days ago.
The office of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the Lone Star state will be directing resources to help Florida and Tennessee with hurricane relief efforts.
Hurricane Milton has intensified even further after rapidly developing into a major Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
President Joe Biden has approved Florida’s emergency disaster declaration as Hurricane Milton approaches the Sunshine State, expected to make landfall Wednesday or Thursday.
Fifty-one Florida counties are under a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Milton, which is now a major Category 5 storm barreling down on the West Coast of the state.
Hurricane Milton is now a Category 5 as people living on Florida’s west coast brace for its impending arrival.
Storm Milton strengthened from a major tropical disturbance into a Category 3 hurricane early on Monday morning, increasing the threat to Florida’s west coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a special alert.
Tropical Storm Milton is expected to reach hurricane status late Sunday, or Monday morning, as it nears Florida’s west coast.
Tawona Pickens-Johnson, 46, was arrested in a city nearly 500 miles away from where the incident occurred, after law enforcement initially struggled to locate her.
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) each lead their respective Democrat opponents among Hispanics in Florida.
Polling out of Florida shows a proposed abortion amendment falling short of the support needed for passage — but many voters are still unsure how they will vote.
A Tesla electric vehicle caught fire while parked inside a garage that was flooded with saltwater from Hurricane Helene in Florida, prompting officials to issue warnings to EV owners in storm-affected areas.
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing intense scrutiny — not from the establishment media, but from Americans on social media — for her lackluster response to the damage inflicted on several states due to Hurricane Helene.
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that the changing climate is causing hurricanes to become more sever when discussing the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
The U.S. Coast Guard Southeast Division made a daring rescue on Thursday as Hurricane Helene roared toward the coast of Florida.
Helene, once a strong Category 4 storm, made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday evening and is still wreaking havoc.
Hurricane Helene roared ashore in Florida early Friday morning as forecasters warned the behemoth could create a “nightmare” storm surge across much of the southeastern U.S. dumping dangerous winds and rain in its wake.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) delivered a late night update on Hurricane Helene after the storm raged its way onto the west coast Thursday night.
Hurricane Helene, which is expected to make landfall in northern Florida Thursday evening, has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph.
“Tens of thousands” of linemen are ready to respond to Hurricane Helene, which is expected to make landfall in northern Florida on Thursday evening, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced.
An “unsurvivable” storm surge is trailing in the wake of fast-moving Hurricane Helene as it heads for the northwestern parts of Florida. Damaging winds, rains, and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S. may also be in the mix, forecasters said Thursday.
“Thousands” of linemen are headed to Florida ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Helene, which could make landfall as a major storm — Category 3 or higher.
The storm system currently hovering around the Yucatán Peninsula has officially strengthened into a hurricane, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning Floridians the impacts of the storm will be widespread, far outside the cone of uncertainty.
Oran Routh is facing federal charges for the possession of child pornography after investigators searched his home in North Carolina.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 41 of Florida’s 67 counties ahead of what is expected to be a major hurricane.
The doors to the last full-size Kmart store in the United States will close forever on October 20, leaving only a smaller location in Miami.
Democrats are losing their advantage over Republicans regarding requests for mail-in voting in the 2024 presidential election, according to recent data.
Feds are “not being cooperative” with Florida’s investigation into the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump, per Ron DeSantis.
Florida’s investigation of the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump will “bolster” faith in the justice system, per Ashley Moody.
Two families broke out into a brawl at a Florida IHOP after a woman allegedly attacked a teen girl for talking badly about her children.
Exactly four months before Sunday’s incident, a gunman shot a NATO leader five times, later confessing he did it out of support for Ukraine.
Ron DeSantis is casting doubt on how smart it is to have the feds both prosecute Donald Trump and investigate the attempts on his life.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has formally assigned the case involving the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
