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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and Cecilia Nowell

Hurricane Milton: tropical storm-force winds reach Florida before ‘storm of the century’

Broken utility poles downed by strong wind gusts are seen as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida.
Broken utility poles downed by strong wind gusts are seen as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida. Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters

Officials urged residents of Florida’s western coast to shelter in place if they had not already evacuated on Wednesday evening as Hurricane Milton prepared to make landfall in the next few hours.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) urged Floridians to prepare for a storm surge of over 10ft, flooding and devastating hurricane-force winds as the state prepares for what Joe Biden has called the “storm of the century”.

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