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Hurricane Milton brings over 465 mm of rain to St. Petersburg, Florida

11 october 2024

At least 16 people have died from Hurricane Milton, which roared onshore on Florida's west coast as a Category 3 hurricane, bringing tornadoes, powerful winds and flooding rains. The monster storm forced millions to evacuate and left widespread destruction across Florida. More than 2 million customers remain without power in Florida on Friday afternoon. Over 3 million customers lost power at the height of the storm. Duke Energy said it plans to restore power by Sunday night in Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties.

Albert Whitted Airport saw 465 mm of rain in St. Petersburg, Florida, Wednesday evening. Tampa International Airport had 252 mm of rain hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall. Daytona Beach is experiencing 27 m/s winds with nearly 100 mm of rain. Hurricane-force winds extended across the Tampa Bay area, with the highest gust recorded at 47 m/s at Egmont Channel, according to Austen Flannery, a meteorologist with the Tampa Bay office. Gusts elsewhere weren’t far behind: Skyway Fishing Pier: 46 m/s, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport: 46 m/s, Albert Whitted Airport: 45 m/s, Tampa International Airport: 43 m/s.

FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund has "enough money to support the immediate needs for everybody impacted by Helene and Milton," however, it "does not have enough money to continue recoveries for everything that I have through the entire fiscal year," FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told reporters Friday after assessing damage in Florida. FEMA is assessing every day how much money is being spent, but eventually, Criswell said she will need an additional supplemental spending bill to be passed by Congress. "We will need one, it's just a matter of when," she said.

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