President Joe Biden visited Florida on Sunday to tour communities impacted by Hurricane Milton.
During the visit, the president announced more than $600m in funding for projects for electric grid resilience to help the state become better equipped to deal with future storms.
So far, at least 23 people have died as a result of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night, spawning dozens of tornadoes, 28ft waves, strong winds, heavy rainfall, and devastating storm surge.
Six people in St Lucie County retirement village were killed by tornadoes brought on by the hurricane after a dozen twisters spawned in the region within 20 minutes.
While Floridians return home to survey the damage to their communities, officials are warning that major flooding could still hit north of Tampa.
As of Sunday evening, more than 517,000 homes were still without power in Florida, with those in the west-central region the worst impacted. Damage from the storm is estimated to have cost upwards of $160bn.
Key points
- Hurricane Milton warnings discontinued – but ‘hazards remain’
- ‘Significant river flooding' expected to continue for the coming days to weeks
- Death toll climbs to 17 including six killed by tornadoes in St Lucie County
- Trump branded a ‘selfish child’ for politicizing Hurricane Milton
- Phosphate mine spill in Tampa Bay after Hurricane Milton
Hurricanes and viral fame collide in story of TikTok’s ‘Lieutenant Dan'
01:56
Josh Marcus
A woman who says she’s the daughter of Joseph Malinowski, 54 — a Tampa, Florida man who went viral and was dubbed “Lieutenant Dan” for his decision to ride out the approaching hurricanes Helene and Milton on his boat — is worried that his sudden fame and donations from wellwishers will put her father at risk.
Ashley Ann Malinowski voiced her concern in a series of TikToks on Friday.
“Lieutenant Dan was doing just fine without all that money,” she told viewers in one video.
“Y’all TikTok f***ing famous people, y’all blowing him up and he’s gonna be dead before he can f***ing enjoy that boat and stuff. Because look at him, after y’all got a hold of him and now he’s high as f*** on all these videos.”
More details in our full story.
Hurricane Milton’s impact on wildlife
Monday 14 October 2024 00:24
Josh Marcus
Hurricane Milton didn’t just impact Florida’s human residents. It also caused massive disruptions for the state’s famous wildlife.
Species like long-winged sooty terns and firgatebirds were blown hundreds of miles outside of their usual range, into states like Indiana and Kentucky.
Hurricane Helene, meanwhile, interrupted the migration of over 100 million birds, The Washington Post reports.
Hurricane Milton’s impact on wildlife
Monday 14 October 2024 00:24
Josh Marcus
Hurricane Milton didn’t just impact Florida’s human residents. It also caused massive disruptions for the state’s famous wildlife.
Species like long-winged sooty terns and firgatebirds were blown hundreds of miles outside of their usual range, into states like Indiana and Kentucky.
Hurricane Helene, meanwhile, interrupted the migration of over 100 million birds, The Washington Post reports.
Pictures: The ongoing aftermath of Hurricane Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 23:12
Josh Marcus
Floridians selling pieces of Tropicana Field roof on eBay
Sunday 13 October 2024 22:00
Josh Marcus
In a bizarre twist, Florida residents have taken to eBay to begin auctioning off pieces of Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays baseball stadium whose roof was ripped off during Hurricane Milton.
Pieces of the roof and outfield turf are selling for prices between $150 and a whopping $1000, USA Today reports.
More details on what happened to the stadium in our full story.
Biden announces $612m electric grid investments during visit to survey Hurricane Milton damage in Florida
Sunday 13 October 2024 21:00
Josh Marcus
President Joe Biden anounced $612m funding for investments in the electric grid, including $94m for storm-battered Florida, during a visit Sunday to the Sunshine State to survey the damage from Hurricane Milton.
“Moments like this we come together to take care of each other – not as Democrats or Republicans but as Americans,” Biden said during remarks in St. Pete Beach.Such projects will form a part of the state’s long-term recovery from Hurricanes Milton and Helene, which raged over the state over a period of less than two weeks between late September and this Wednesday, when Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm.
At least 23 people in Florida are dead as a result of Milton.
The fallen include a woman crushed by a tree in her bedroom in Ormond Beach, an 89-year-old who had a cardiac emergency as paramedics were unable to answer calls, and an Orange County man electrocuted while cleaning post-storm detritus, according to The Tampa Bay Times.
More details in our full story.
Milton death toll now at 23
Sunday 13 October 2024 19:59
Josh Marcus
At least 23 people have died as a result of Hurricane Milton, according to reporting from the Tampa Bay Times.
The dead include an older woman crushed by a tree in Ormond Beach, an 89-year-old who suffered a cardiac emergency as parademics stopped responding to calls, and an Orange County man electrocuted whil cleaning up post-storm debris.
The state has also rescued more than 1,000 people stranded in homes and other buildings, Florida governor Ron DeSantis said yesterday.
Meanwhile in Asheville, weeks without running water
Sunday 13 October 2024 19:00
Josh Marcus
As Florida picks up the pieces after Hurricane Milton, North Carolina is still reeling from Hurricane Helene.
The hard-hit city of Asheville still doesn’t have running water, and 40,000 customers remain without electricity in the western part of the state.
There are 93 storm-related deaths in the state, North Carolina officials said on Sunday.
I’m feeling really sad this weekend. This is hard. And we’re among the lucky ones.
— Jessica Wakeman (@JessicaWakeman) October 13, 2024
It’s been 2 weeks without water in West Asheville. We had Internet for ~10 days but it crapped out yesterday. I’m at my friends’ house in Arden doing laundry.
Pictures: Biden visits Florida to inspect hurricane damage
Sunday 13 October 2024 18:00
Josh Marcus
Biden announces $612m funding for projects
Sunday 13 October 2024 17:00
Rachel Sharp
Biden has announced $612m funding for projects for electric grid resilience, to help prepare for future major storms.
The $612m will be spent on six new cutting-edge projects to support communities.
This includes $94m for projects specifically in Florida, including $47m to Gainesville Regional Utilities and $47m to Switched Source to partner with Florida Power and Light.
‘We are one United States’ : Biden speaks of united response to Hurricane Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 16:52
Rachel Sharp
Biden spoke of Americans coming together in response to Hurricane Milton.
“Moments like this we come together to take care of each other – not as Democrats or Republicans but as Americans,” he said.
“Americans who need help, Americans who would help you if you were in a similar situation. We are one United States. One United States.”
Biden delivers remarks in St. Pete Beach, Florida
Sunday 13 October 2024 16:43
Rachel Sharp
Biden is delivering remarks in St. Pete Beach, Florida, after surveying the damage caused by Hurricane Milton.
The president pointed out that this was the second time in two weeks that he had visited the state in response to two separate “catastrophic” storms.
“Thankfully it was not as cataclysmic as predicted,” Biden said of Milton.
However, he said that many Floridiana had lost their homes and that he had spoken with homeowners who are “heartbroken and exhausted” while also facing “expenses [are] racking up.”
Live: Biden visits Florida after Hurricane Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 16:35
Rachel Sharp
Speaker Mike Johnson says hurricane aid ‘can wait'
Sunday 13 October 2024 16:30
Rachel Sharp
House Speaker Mike Johnson has claimed that hurricane aid “can wait” until Congress is back in session after the November election.
Several lawmakers – including Republicans – have called for lawmakers to be brought back to session early in order to pass legislation to provide additional funding to those impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Johnson has refused.
The Republican appeared on CBS News’s Face The Nation on Sunday where he was asked why he thinks it can wait.
“Well, it can wait because, remember, the day before Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and then went up through the states and wound up in Senator Tillis’ state of North Carolina, Congress appropriated 20 billion additional dollars to FEMA so that they would have the necessary resources to address immediate needs,” he said.
900k still without power in Florida
Sunday 13 October 2024 15:30
Rachel Sharp
Four days after Milton smashed into Florida as a Category 3 hurricane, more than 900,000 homes are still in the dark.
As of around 11am ET Sunday morning, 944,000 customers were without power in the Sunshine State, according to Poweroutage.us.
In hard-hit Pinellas County, around half were still in the midst of a power outage (281,000 out of 567,000 customers).
Biden is visiting Florida today to tour areas impacted by Hurricane Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 14:35
Rachel Sharp
President Joe Biden is visiting Florida today to tour areas impacted by Hurricane Milton.
The president will make a first stop in hard-hit Tampa, before taking an aerial tour of affected areas en route to St. Petersburg, Florida.
After, the White House said Biden will receive an operational briefing with federal, state, and local officials, in St. Pete Beach before meeting with first responders and local residents.
Biden will then deliver remarks where he is expected to announce more than $600m in funding for projects for electric grid resilience, to help the state be better equipped to deal with future storms.
A very different view of Milton — from space
Sunday 13 October 2024 14:00
Josh Marcus
Before Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida, astronauts board the International Space Station got a view of it from space.
Here’s a time lapse from NASA’s Matthew Dominick.
Timelapse flying by Hurricane Milton about 2 hours ago.
— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) October 8, 2024
1/6400 sec exposure, 14mm, ISO 500, 0.5 sec interval, 30fps pic.twitter.com/p5wBlC95mx
Back-to-back storms leaves Siesta Key resident with ‘PTSD'
Sunday 13 October 2024 12:30
Josh Marcus
A Tennessee couple who relocated to Florida’s Siesta Key during the pandemic says since 2020 they’ve had to endure constant flooding since.
Lance and Nichol Fountaine told USA Today their home has flooded six times in 14 months, most recently with Hurricane Milton.
“I’m done,” Nichol said. “I love it, I’ll visit it but I don’t want to live it anymore.”
“We can’t keep throwing money into it and expecting different results,” she added, calling it the “definition of insanity.”
Florida hotels slammed as evacuees yield to repair workers
Sunday 13 October 2024 11:00
Josh Marcus
Hotels across Florida are reportedly near capacity, as repair crews and relief workers flood the state after Hurricane Milton.
“We’ve seen workers from Alabama, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and even the Orlando area,” one hotel general manager told the Pensacola News Journal. “They started coming in Tuesday night and we’re sold out of rooms until Oct. 19.”
Pictures show damage on key near where Milton made landfall
Sunday 13 October 2024 09:33
Josh Marcus
Residents were permitted on Saturday to return to eastern Florida’s Manasota Key, a barrier island not far from where Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday.
Here are some of the scenes that greeted them, courtesy of WINK News.
Manasota Key reopened today to residents and business owners.
— Annette Montgomery (@AnnettemTV) October 12, 2024
Here are pictures our WINK News photographers Lyndsay and Gabby got of the destruction on the island. @winknews #HurricaneMilton pic.twitter.com/wQ4zLibSgx
How one organization is helping out in Florida: Free BBQ
Sunday 13 October 2024 07:59
Josh Marcus
A Missouri-based nonprofit is sprining into action in Florida to distribute free barbecue meals in the city of St. Petersburg.
Operation BBQ Reflief handed out box after box of BBQ pork meals to the hard-hit city on Florida’s eastern coast.
Trump threatens to withhold disaster aid during California rally
Sunday 13 October 2024 07:15
Josh Marcus
Florida’s back-to-back hurricanes are a reminder of the kind of threat extreme weather poses to the U.S., one that likely only get worse due to the climate crisis.
At a recent rally in California, Donald Trump suggested disaster aid might be conditional on a state’s politics.
Trump threatens to withhold aid to California: We'll force it down his throat and we'll say, Gavin, if you don't do it, we're not giving you any of that fire money that we send you for all the forest fires you have pic.twitter.com/EBneSYZrTG
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 13, 2024
More than 1,000 rescued in aftermath of Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 06:33
Josh Marcus
More than 1,000 people have been rescued in Florida as of Saturday in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, according to governor Ron DeSantis.
“Fortunately we never had the 15- to 20- feet storm surge, but still, rising waters, very dangerous, and these guys have sprung into action,” the governor said at a public briefing.
Election officials warn that hurricanes could disrupt 2024 ballots
Sunday 13 October 2024 05:45
Josh Marcus
A pair of disastrous hurricanes could upend the upcoming 2024 election, according to officials in North Carolina and Florida.
“I speak for my colleagues around the state: It’s a rather simple formula – it’s hunker down, survive, and then we have to assess where we are with damages and make it work,” Brian Corley, the supervisor of elections in Florida’s Pasco County, told CNN.
“I’ve got precincts that are completely gone, that are completely washed away,” Mary Beth Tipton, the director of the board of elections in North Carolina’s Yancey County, added. “We’ve actually got a post office that’s washed away.”
Flood risk remains in Florida well after storm
Sunday 13 October 2024 05:07
Josh Marcus
Flood risk remains high in certain areas of Florida, even days after Hurricane Milton passed through the state.
“Major flooding” is forecast on the Withlacoochee River, north of Tampa, the National Weather Service said on Saturday night, which could impact Levy and Citrus Counties.
“Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads,” the agency warned. “Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas.”
‘Net zero’ neighborhood avoided blackouts during Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 04:37
Josh Marcus
While parts of Florida were flattened and flooded by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, one South Florida development weathered the storms with few issues.
Hunters Point, near Bradenton Beach, is billed as the country’s first “net-zero” single-family housing development.
The development in Cortez, Florida, generates more energy than it uses via solar panels, and homes are built with hurricane-proofing technologies like concrete constructions, hurricane-proof fixtures, foam-reinforced walls, streets designed to divert flood waters, and buried power and interent lines.
As CNN reports, those inside the development were able to keep their electricity when millions lost it, even though Milton made landfall nearby.
“Everybody around us was completely dark at like five in the morning, and you see the lights on in our houses,” Marshall Gobuty, the founder and president of the development, told CNN. “So, it really was a test of why we did this.”
President Biden to visit Tampa area on Sunday
Sunday 13 October 2024 04:07
Josh Marcus
President Joe Biden will visit Florida on Sunday to survey the damage from Hurricane Milton, WTSP reports.
The president is set to arrive at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base, then conduct an aerial tour of storm damage in the surrounding area.
He’ll then head to St. Petersburg and get a briefing on the state of the disaster response.
Biden will then depart for Philadelphia.
Viral fame brings concern for a family after hurricanes
Sunday 13 October 2024 03:44
Josh Marcus
A woman who says she’s the daughter of Joseph Malinowski, 54 — a Tampa, Florida man who went viral and was dubbed “Lieutenant Dan” for his decision to ride out the approaching hurricanes Helene and Milton on his boat — is worried that his sudden fame and donations from wellwishers will put her father at risk.
Ashley Anny Malinowski voiced her concern in a series of TikToks on Friday.
“Lieutenant Dan was doing just fine without all that money,” she told viewers in one video.
“Y’all TikTok f***ing famous people, y’all blowing him up and he’s gonna be dead before he can f***ing enjoy that boat and stuff. Because Look at him, after y’all got a hold of him and now he’s high as f*** on all these videos.”
More details in our full story.
The new threat of conspiratorial disaster relief
Sunday 13 October 2024 02:36
Josh Marcus
In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, partisan politics have encouraged the frightening spread of conspiracies about disaster relief.
Last week, Kelly Rissman had this look about the new phenomenon.
Photos capture devastation of Hurricane Milton
Sunday 13 October 2024 01:30
Josh Marcus
White House announces Florida disaster declaration
Sunday 13 October 2024 01:10
Josh Marcus
Florida is officially a major disaster area, according to the Biden adminsitration.
The White House declared the state a major disaster area yesterday, it announced on Saturday, freeing up federal funding for impacted counties.
It’s a move that’s at odds with the recent apparent political conflict between vice president Kamala Harris and Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
Pinellas County schools closed through Monday
Sunday 13 October 2024 00:54
Josh Marcus
Schools in Pinellas County, a peninsula containing the cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater, will remain closed on Monday, education officials announced, as the hard hit Tampa Bay region continues to recover from Hurricane Milton.
“No decision has been made about Tuesday, October 15,” the school system wrote on its website. “The district will communicate this decision by noon on Monday, October 14, and will be based on the closure of shelters and the stability of the power grid.”
DeSantis announces free gas as Florida faces fuel crunch
Sunday 13 October 2024 00:39
Josh Marcus
In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, residents of Florida are facing long lines to get fuel from gas stations with disrupted supply lines.
On Saturday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced residents would be able to get up to 10 gallons of free fuel from three state-run fuel depots spread across Plant City, Bradenton, and St. Petersburg.
The governor added three more such fuel depots were in the works.
Nearly a third of Florida gas stations lack fuel: tracker
Sunday 13 October 2024 00:19
Josh Marcus
The storm may be passed, but now Florida is contending with other challenges in Milton’s wake, like a severe fuel shortage.
According to gas tracking website GasBuddy, just under 30 percent of Florida gas stations were without fuel as of its most recent count yesterday.
How much is Hurricane Milton going to cost Florida?
Sunday 13 October 2024 00:16
Josh Marcus
Hurricane Milton was the fifth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, and it could end up costing Florida billions in dollars of damages.
Insurers alone are expected to offer between $30 billion and $60 billion in payouts, according to Reuters.
Taking in the wider impact on property damage, lost economic activity, and long-term healthcare costs, the storm could end up causing $160 billion in total losses, according to an estimate from AccuWeather.
That’s on top Hurricane Helene’s estimated $225 - 250 billion impact.
How Milton could jack up the Florida insurance market
Saturday 12 October 2024 22:00
Josh Marcus
Residents of Florida pay the highest homeowners insurance premiums in the U.S., and Hurricane Milton could make things even worse.
The storm has prompted more than 12,000 claims with the state’s insurer of last restort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., and caused more than $586m in damage to insured properties.
That kind of financial exposure could lead the insurer to impose new surcharges on customers, according to Florida Politics.
American contends with multiple storm clean-ups at once
Saturday 12 October 2024 21:38
Josh Marcus
Hurricane Milton may have been the most recent threat, but Americans are still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which tore through the southeast throughout late September and earlier this month.
Rescue efforts are still underway, as this video from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division shows, with soldiers assisting FEMA in hard-hit North Carolina.
Your Screaming Eagles have been going door to door in western North Carolina assisting FEMA, the North Carolina National Guard, XVIII Airborne Corps and other organizations deliver supplies and support to areas affected by Hurricane Helene. #airassault #Helene pic.twitter.com/sZDjg9MQx3
— 101st Airborne Div. (@101stAASLTDIV) October 12, 2024
Hurricane Milton reveals how city planning lags behind climate reality
Saturday 12 October 2024 21:23
Josh Marcus
In cities around Florida’s Tampa Bay region, even residents in areas not considered flood risks zones saw their homes inundated with water, sewage, and debris.
That’s because federal “flood-risk zone” maps don’t quite capture the complex realities on the ground anymore, where continued development has eroded the protections provided by Florida’s natural wetlands, and extreme weather grows more common from climate change.
As the Tampa Bay Times notes in a recent piece, areas in St. Petersburg, Lutz, New Tampa, and across Pasco County experienced major flooding days after Miton moved on, even in areas not historically considered flood zones.
“Everyone in Florida is at risk from hurricane flooding,” Trevor Burgess, CEO of Florida insurer Neptune Flood, told the paper. “It just comes down to whether or not you’re required by law to buy insurance.”
How Hurricane Milton compares to other historic storms
Saturday 12 October 2024 21:08
Josh Marcus
Residents of Florida have been left reeling by Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm which has led to at least 14 deaths, 3.4 million power outages and significant damage which is yet to be determined.
Hundreds of people were rescued Thursday in the aftermath of the storm, which brought historic rainfall in Tampa, flung debris and trees around streets, and left the Tampa Bay Rays’ St Petersburg field in shambles.
Amid evacuation alerts for millions, experts had warned that this could be one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in recent years, just as residents started to pick up the pieces from last month’s Hurricane Helene.
With the toll of its destruction still in limbo, how does Milton compare to the most fatal hurricanes in the 21st century?
Alicja Hagopian and Julia Musto report.
Governor joins relief effort as Walmart provides household necessities
Saturday 12 October 2024 20:52
Josh Marcus
Florida governor Ron DeSantis pitched in on Saturday with the Hurricane Milton relief efforts, handing out supply packs to families at the Pioner Park Point of Distruction in Hardee County.
Retailer Walmart also joined the action, supplying household necessities to Florida residents.
Floridians can find their nearest aid distribution center at the Florida Devision of Emergency Management website.
Met with residents at the Pioneer Park Point of Distribution in Hardee County, who received supplies and meals to help meet their immediate needs after Hurricane Milton.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) October 12, 2024
Dozens of PODs are now operating in storm-affected areas across Florida. They offer shelf-stable meals and… pic.twitter.com/5nmub1Kmj0
How tornadoes devastated communities far from Milton’s landfall
Saturday 12 October 2024 20:30
Rachel Sharp
Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn’t worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm’s center was forecast to make landfall on the opposite side of the peninsula and then cross the state well to the north of his family.
But on Wednesday afternoon as the hurricane began to pummel the state, he stood outside his house and watched as a tornado loomed in the sky. He took video on his phone. The pressure dropped, and his wife said her ears were popping. It was time to go inside.
The twister shattered windows in the home, tore off roof shingles, ripped a tree from the ground and left branches and other debris scattered in the yard. Two days later Brazzale was wearing safety goggles and using a chainsaw as he cleaned up the damage.
“The hurricane was a nonevent for us,” he said. “Had it not been for an F-3 tornado, the entire thing would have been a nonevent for us.”
It was one of dozens of tornadoes spawned by Milton that hit South Florida far from where the storm made landfall near Sarasota. One of them killed at least six people in Spanish Lakes Country Club Village near Fort Pierce, about an hour’s drive north from Wellington.
Meteorologists believe there may have been at least 38 tornadoes associated with Milton. The National Weather Service is still reviewing preliminary reports, which could take weeks, but it issued 126 tornado warnings in the state the day the hurricane hit.
When the review is complete, the storm could crack the all-time top-10 list for most tornadoes caused by a hurricane.
The highest number of confirmed tornadoes from a hurricane were the 118 unleashed by Ivan in 2004, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hurricane Beryl, which hit in July of this year and is still under review, generated at least 65 confirmed tornadoes and currently ranks fifth.
By comparison, Florida overall typically sees about 50 tornadoes a year on average, according to Matthew Elliot, a warning coordination meteorologist for the Storm Prediction Center.
In Wellington, 210 miles (340 kilometers) southeast of Tampa near West Palm Beach on the Atlantic Coast, sheriff’s deputies spent Friday morning and afternoon helping residents clean up debris and move large trees that were obstructing roads.
Brazzale toiled to fix roof tiles and replace his shattered windows. Throughout his neighborhood, Pine Trace at Binks Forest, others were doing the same thing — cleaning up debris, putting tarps on damaged roofs and chain sawing fallen trees and branches.
The most important thing is that nobody died here, Brazzale said.
“It’s a significant pressure drop when one of those things goes over,” he said of the tornado. “You heard it. It was a freight train.”
The Associated Press
Pictured: Aftermath of Hurricane Milton
Saturday 12 October 2024 20:00
Rachel Sharp
Watch: DeSantis denies climate change is making hurricanes more powerful
Saturday 12 October 2024 19:30
Rachel Sharp
Florida couple reveal Hurricane Milton unearthed long-lost wedding ring
Saturday 12 October 2024 19:00
Rachel Sharp
A Florida couple has revealed that Hurricane Milton unearthed a long-lost wedding ring which had been missing for almost a decade.
Laura and Basil Yorio told Fox35 that the ring vanished without a trace nine years ago while they were going through a construction project on their home in Palm Bay, Florida.
It had not been seen since.
On Wednesday, Hurricane Milton tore through their neighborhood.
When they returned home, Laura said she spotted something shiny in their yard.
“I looked down and saw a silver ring and thought it was like a key ring,” she said.
They then realized what it was.
“We’re very mindful that a lot of people are going through terrible things, and I feel almost a little guilty feeling happy about all of this, but it was something good.”
Floridians return to homes shattered by Hurricane Milton
Saturday 12 October 2024 18:30
Rachel Sharp
Lieutenant Dan became an overnight sensation riding out Hurricane Milton. Then his long criminal past came to light
Saturday 12 October 2024 18:00
Rachel Sharp
Joseph Malinkowski became a ‘cult hero’ overnight for his defiant stand in the face of Hurricane Milton. Mike Bedigan and Kelly Rissman delve into his sprawling criminal history that rocked the boat and social media:
‘Selfish child’: Chris Christie slams Trump for politicizing Hurricane Milton
Saturday 12 October 2024 17:30
Rachel Sharp
Chris Christie has slammed Donald Trump for politicizing Hurricane Milton as Florida begins recovery efforts from the “once in a lifetime” storm.
“He is a selfish child,” Christie told The New York Times opinion journalist Frank Bruni.
“And he doesn’t care that these people in North Carolina are suffering the way they are, if caring costs him one bit of perceived political advantage.”
Trump has been peddling conspiracies about the federal government’s response to both Hurricanes Helene and Milton, including a debunked claim that money from FEMA is being diverted away from hurricane survivors towards illegal migrants.
Fake photos of Disney World flooded during Hurricane Milton spread online by Russian news agency
Saturday 12 October 2024 17:00
Rachel Sharp
Images spread online supposedly showing Disney World in Florida underwater as a result of Hurricane Milton appear to be fake and have been generated using artificial intelligence.
Disney World, located in Orlando, Florida, announced they would close their theme parks amid rare measures ahead of the dangerous Hurricane Milton directly hitting the area, bringing
