FLORIDA IS BRACED for a direct hit from Hurricane Milton which has restrengthened to a Category 5 storm, as US President Joe Biden begged residents to flee what he warned could be the worst natural disaster to hit the US state in a century.
As the second huge hurricane in as many weeks rumbled toward Florida’s west coast, a sense of looming catastrophe spread as people raced to board up homes and flee.
“It’s a matter of life and death, and that’s not hyperbole,” Biden said from the White House, urging those under orders to leave to “evacuate now, now, now.”
Today, Milton restrengthened to the maximum Category 5 designation, generating maximum sustained winds of 270 kph, the National Hurricane Center said.
“Fluctuations in intensity are likely while Milton moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, but Milton is expected to be a dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the …