Hurricane Milton ripped through Florida on Wednesday night and yesterday morning, causing at least four deaths and leaving chaos in its wake. As America woke up, three million households were without power, and harrowing footage continued to emerge throughout the day of wreckage-strewn highways and flood water sloshing through homes and shops.
The second hurricane to make a direct hit on the sunshine state in 12 days, Milton is yet more evidence of the devastating impact of our global climate crisis. Yet in the highly partisan political atmosphere of the US, the storm’s arrival has been marked by false claims and crazy conspiracy theories.
