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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: Hurricane Milton makes landfall; deputy PM addresses chief of staff’s allegations; and a home besieged by racoons

Hurricane Milton captured by the International Space Station as it moves across the Gulf of Mexio
Hurricane Milton captured by the International Space Station as it moves across the Gulf of Mexio. Photograph: Nasa/Planet Pix/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Welcome, readers, to the Afternoon Update.

Hurricane Milton has made landfall, with the downgraded but still tremendously powerful category 3 storm slamming into Florida’s west coast on Thursday morning, leaving 2 million people without power.

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