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Category 5 Hurricane Milton Roars Towards Storm-battered Florida

A resident boards up his windows in Palm Harbor, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Milton. (Credit: AFP)

Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks.

The back-to-back hurricanes have whipped up a US election storm, with Vice President Kamala Harris slamming her White House rival Donald Trump and Florida's Republican governor Ron DeSantis for "political gamesmanship" and for spreading misinformation about the federal response.

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