Hurricane Milton Closes in on Florida as Rhousands Flee

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Debris from homes flooded in Hurricane Helene is piled curbside as Hurricane Milton approaches on Tuesday in Port Richey, Florida

• The US state of Florida is preparing for a second ferocious storm in as many weeks, as category four hurricane Milton is due to make landfall on Wednesday
• Winds of up to 155mph (250km/h) have been recorded off the coast of Mexico
• President Joe Biden warns the storm could be the worst to hit Florida in a century
• He urged those in the storm's path to evacuate immediately, and it was a matter of "life and death"
• Florida's emergencies chief warned storm surges are "not survivable" in some areas
• The storm comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four storm - it killed at least 225 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina

Storm makes Florida landfall with warnings of life-threatening surge

The storm arrived, near the city of Siesta Key, as a category three and was described by the US National Hurricane Center as being "extremely dangerous".

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Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a dangerous Category 3 storm and weakened to a Category 1 as it cut through the state and moved offshore, according to the National Hurricane Center. So far four people are reported dead as a result of the strom.