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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Vivian Ho

First Thing: Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida as Trump spreads falsehoods

A person in uniform walks past a damaged items
Debris is collected for removal in the Pass-A-Grille section of St Petersburg, Florida, before the arrival of Hurricane Milton. Photograph: Bryan R Smith/AFP/Getty Images

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Hurricane Milton is expected to sweep past Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula and hit the south-west coast of Florida by Wednesday evening local time, bringing sustained winds of nearly 155mph (250km/h) to an area already reeling from Hurricane Helene’s devastation 12 days ago. Almost all of Florida’s west coast was under a hurricane warning and more than a million people were told to evacuate.

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