Hurricane Milton: Biden urges those who have not evacuated to seek shelter as storm approaches Florida [Video]

US PRESIDENT JOE Biden has said that evacuation from Florida ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton “is probably difficult” at this point, as he urged those still in the path of the Category 3 storm to seek shelter. 

“Sometimes moving just a few miles can be the difference between life and death,” he said. 

Many of the state’s residents have already fled, though some battened down the hatches in the final hours before Milton pummels the state.

Ferocious winds and tidal surges are expected to inundate Florida’s heavily populated and low-lying Gulf Coast, with the cities of Tampa and Sarasota in the storm’s path, amid rising fears of widespread chaos and multiple fatalities.

The US National Weather Centre said it was “time to shelter-in-place” from Milton.

It said tropical-storm force winds, flooding rains, and tornadoes are spreading inland across Florida.

“Unless a life-threatening situation arises, stay indoors and follow …