US Vice President Kamala Harris warns of the severity of the hurricane as it strengthens into a Category 4 storm. She has reproached former President Donald Trump for his attitude and comments regarding this emergency.
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The residents of Florida They prepare while the Hurricane Milton It is approaching the Tampa Bay region. It comes less than two weeks after catastrophic Hurricane Helene hit the area, killing more than 230 people.
“We got hit by the last storm. We flooded, so this time it’s about getting ready. We’re preparing sandbags to put around the house and avoid what happened last week“said a local resident.
Many areas of Florida’s west coast were under a hurricane warning, as Milton has maximum sustained winds of 250 kilometers per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Category 4 storm
Local residents were urged to evacuate as Milton grew stronger until it became a Category 4 storm, the strongest level. Kamala Harris: “This one is going to be very, very serious.”
US Vice President Kamala Harris urged residents to listen to the advice from local authorities to evacuate. “And I can’t stress enough to all the people in Florida, in the Tampa area, please, listen to evacuation orders“he assured.
“Please listen to your local authorities because I know many people have survived these hurricanes before. “This is going to be very, very serious,” he added. He also criticizes former President Donald Trump for making false claims about the federal response after Storm Helene.
“The former president is spreading a lot of misinformation about what’s available, particularly for Helene survivors,” Harris said. “It is extraordinarily irresponsible. It’s about him. “It’s not about you.”
Harris reminds Americans that they have a right to the resources made available to them in emergency situations. The United States has implemented a specific response plan for this storm.
