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As he passed through Florida, Milton It left at least 13 dead and caused tornadoes, floods and power outages that left 4 million users without service.
As of last night, 13 deaths were reported, including six in Saint Lucie County, on the East Coast, related to the impact of a tornado on a nursing home.
The hurricane forced 116 tornado warnings to be issued, according to the governor Ron DeSantis.
Miltonnow converted into an extratropical phenomenon, hit central Florida with torrential rains and strong winds, after having made landfall on Wednesday night on the west coast of the state as a category 3 hurricane, with winds of up to 250 kilometers per hour.
The president of USA, Joe Bidensaid that the measures that were implemented to save lives “made a difference,” but warned that it is still too early to assess the total damage caused by the cyclone.
Trail of destruction
Mattresses, furniture, televisions and clothes dumped in the street are the complete opposite of what used to be seen on Siesta Key in Tampa Bay, Florida.
The passing of the eye Miltonon Wednesday night, ended up devastating a city accustomed to luxury and parties.
Two weeks ago, the hurricane Helene flooded most properties, leaving furniture and appliances useless; However, the final blow was given Milton.
Hotels, condos, restaurants…they all look the same. In ruins and abandoned, except for some people who have begun to pick up the trash left in their homes, because it is the only thing they can do at the moment.
“My house is 72 years old and it was not built like it is now,” he said. Davida resident of Siesta Key for over 15 years. He recalled that with the arrival of Helene12 days ago, a lot of seawater entered the homes and residences of neighbors and the new catastrophe has made the reconstruction of their homes more difficult.
“There are large trees, up to a meter wide, that fell, but since everything in my house was already damaged and destroyed 12 days ago, when you look inside it looks the same as the last time,” said David.
He arrived home early Thursday morning, after the hurricane made landfall in Siesta Key, the epicenter of the disaster. He remembers that everyone evacuated their homes, because the authorities cut off the electricity and water the day before, but he managed to take shelter in his partner’s house.
According to the Florida governor’s latest news outage, 4 million people were left without electricity, but service has been restored for 800,000, while 340 were rescued.
“We continue to calculate the total damage from this storm. Just from looking around I think that some of the worst scenarios did not occur,” he said in a conference from Sarasota.
