Millions of Florida residents have fled the US state as Hurricane Milton approaches, with officials there warning that those who stayed would “die” and that single-story homes would turn into “a coffin”.
“We are a few hours away from an epic catastrophe,” Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor told CNN on Tuesday. The Tampa metropolitan area, home to more than three million people, is directly in the hurricane’s path, as is a vast swath of Florida’s western coast.
