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.
More »Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attended a rally in support of climate change and Palestinians in Milan on Friday. More than 1,000 people, many of them teenagers, joined a peaceful march in this northern Italian city organized by Fridays For Future, a climate change movement that Thunberg helped found. Wearing a kufiya - a traditional scarf symbolizing the Palestinian struggle against Israel - Thunberg walked at the front of the procession, while other protesters waved flags, held banners and danced to music.
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