2 million people without electricity. There are victims –

Fear grows. <a href="https://www.archyde.com/prepare-for-hurricane-milton-gulf-storm-threatens-floridas-west-coast/" title="Prepare for <a href="https://www.archyde.com/prepare-for-hurricane-milton-gulf-storm-threatens-floridas-west-coast/" title="Prepare for Hurricane Milton: Gulf Storm Threatens Florida's West Coast”>Hurricane Milton: Gulf Storm Threatens Florida's West Coast”>Hurricane Milton, described by the authorities as “extremely dangerous”, hit Florida on Wednesday evening, sweeping the coast with violent winds, heavy rain and flooding the center of the peninsula in the southeastern United States, two weeks after the devastating passage by Helene. Milton landed on the west coast of Florida “near Siesta Key in Sarasota County”, wrote the US Hurricane Center (NHC) in its bulletin at 8.30pm local time (02.30am in Italy). Winds of up to 165 km/h were recorded in the evening. According to the specialized site poweroutage.us, at least 1.6 million homes remained without electricity during the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The first victims were also recorded. NBC reports this, explaining that the deaths were confirmed by the sheriff of St. Lucie County, Keith Pearson, on the Atlantic coast.

Classified as Category One, Milton will be “one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a century,” President Joe Biden warned Wednesday evening. “We’ve had to suspend all services because it’s too dangerous to send operational units out into the streets,” Tampa Fire Chief Barbara Tripp told CNN. In Tampa, at least 400 thousand people are without electricity. On the East Coast, an unknown number of victims would have been caused by one of the 19 hurricanes caused by Milton. The storm hit a retirement community (Spanish Lakes Country Club) in St. Lucie County. However, the information on this matter is still fragmentary.