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Still reeling from Helene, Florida braces for Hurricane Milton as it gains strength
State official urges people to prepare for ‘largest evacuation that we have seen most likely since 2017 Hurricane Irma’
Florida has expanded its state of emergency as it braces for a major storm expect to pummel the state’s western peninsula by midweek, after Tropical Storm Milton gathered strength and was declared a category 1 hurricane on Sunday.
The impending landfall of Milton comes days after Hurricane Helene caused devastation and destruction through large swaths of Florida and other parts of the south-east of the US including North Carolina. The death toll stands at 230 people, and is expected to rise.
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