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Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday in 35 counties ahead of the storm, including Palm Beach County, the Treasure Coast and Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Sunday for 51 of the state’s 67 counties, up from 35 on Saturday. ... orders in the wake of Helene, which killed 12 people in the county and ...
Milton made landfall on the west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the state's Big Bend region. [2] The thirteenth named storm , ninth hurricane , fourth major hurricane , and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season , Milton was the strongest tropical cyclone to ...
DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 51 counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward, and directed state agencies to help expedite the cleanup in counties that still have piles of debris from ...
Locally, Volusia County issued a state of emergency. [7] Several sandbagging sites opened up across the state. [8] [9] On September 24, several state parks were closed: four of them in Franklin County, two in Gulf County, and one in Gadsden County. [10] In the Tampa Bay area, officials announced that schools would be closed ahead of the storm. [11]
K-12 schools across 43 of Florida’s 46 counties are set to close on Wednesday, in anticipation of Hurricane Milton making landfall on the state’s west coast.
Tropical Storm Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Sunday with its path aimed at Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene struck the state.
The state plans to open extra shelters in warehouses near the highway, so that drivers who are stuck in traffic as Milton approaches have a place of last resort to retreat to.