Residents in Florida were surveying the damage caused by Hurricane Milton on Sunday as US President Joe Biden also saw the devastation inflicted on Florida's Gulf Coast as he urges Congress to approve additional emergency disaster funding.
The funding includes $94 million for two projects in Florida: $47 million for Gainesville Regional Utilities and $47 million for Switched Source to partner with Florida Power and Light.
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday evening.
At least 10 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of residents remain without power.
Officials say the toll could have been worse if not for widespread evacuations.
The still-fresh devastation wrought by Helene just two weeks earlier probably helped compel many people to flee.
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16 окт 2024
