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A Florida resident in Fort Myers was surprised after discovering an alligator chomping at a vehicle’s tire.

Hurricane Milton tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the state of Florida, whipping up a spate of deadly tornadoes that left at least four people dead and millions without power Thursday.

Pop music star Taylor Swift has donated $5 million to Feeding America to help those impacted by recent hurricanes in the American southeast.

Weary Floridians will confront a growing death count, flooding, homelessness, gas shortages, and power outages on Thursday morning as Hurricane Milton’s overnight trail of destruction becomes evident in the harsh light of day.

The fabric roof over the home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was ripped to shreds after Hurricane Milton came ashore in Florida, bringing wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and flooding parts of the state.

A farm owner in Florida with more than 100 animals said she and her husband were not evacuating ahead of Hurricane Milton, noting that their animals are their “children.”

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) stated that FEMA’s funding for migrants should be zeroed out at once and that while there is FEMA money for hurricane victims, we should also

Democrats and establishment media are blaming FEMA’s poor Hurricane Helene response on Republicans who opposed a lame duck spending bill – despite FEMA’s administrator stating unequivocally the agency has all the money it needs.

Hurricane Milton made landfall near the city of Siesta Key in Florida, with winds of up to 120 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A Florida man, who refused to leave his boat as Hurricane Milton approached the state, was rescued on Wednesday.

Sexual predators are not permitted to stay at shelters, at least in Flagler County, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly announced on Wednesday as Florida braces for Hurricane Milton.

A number of tornadoes have been reported across Florida as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the Sunshine State.

Florida officials have told residents who are not evacuating from Hurricane Milton’s path to write their names and information on themselves in case their bodies need to be identified after the storm.

Officers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) in Tampa rescued a dog tied to a pole off the highway ahead of Hurricane Milton, prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to warn that the state of Florida “will hold anyone who mistreats pets accountable.”

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor issued a blunt warning to those who are not heeding evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the west central coast of Florida, making it clear to those residents that they cannot compete with catastrophic storm surge, putting it this way: Your home will be your coffin.

Ominous videos circulating on social media show officials riding around Florida neighborhoods warning that “the time to leave is now” as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns that the opportunity to do so is “quickly coming to a close,” as Hurricane Milton approaches.

Vice President Kamala Harris will fly to sunny Las Vegas on Wednesday for a campaign stop, while Floridians in the Sunshine State wait to see where Hurricane Milton will make landfall. 

Over 50,000 linemen will respond to Hurricane Milton — the “largest staging of utility workers and linemen in advance of the storm any time in American history.”

There is still time to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival, Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday, urging those in evacuation zones to — in the very least — travel to a nearby shelter to hunker down for the storm.

Just go. That was the message Wednesday morning for Floridians still prepared to defy orders to evacuate ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Milton as officials warned stay-behinds they face grim survival odds.

An exasperated South Carolina sheriff slammed the Biden-Harris administration’s offer to Hurricane Helene survivors of $750 in “immediate” relief funds, arguing it was nothing compared to what they gave Ukraine and because it requires access to the internet — which residents in the worst-hit areas still do not have.

In the wake of the ongoing devastation of Hurricane Helene, Americans are wondering what happened to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is supposed to respond to disasters, not be one.

There is “still a lot of uncertainty” of where Hurricane Milton’s eye will make landfall, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who held another press conference Tuesday afternoon, warning that this is “not just an event about the west coast of Florida,” as it will impact the east coast as well.

Florida is opening highway shoulders to allow more room for evacuees amid dense traffic as Hurricane Milton approaches the state’s west coast.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has President Joe Biden’s personal phone number, the president told reporters Tuesday.

Hurricane Milton has the “potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,” the NHC says.

Florida will have at least 37,000 linemen at the ready — and perhaps a few thousands more — as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the west coast, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday morning.

Residents of Tampa, Florida, are being warned that ignoring evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton approaches could result in dire consequences.

Hurricane Milton is closing on Florida’s west coast with landfall expected as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning as a mass exodus continues. The extreme weather event will arrive as Floridians still work to recover from the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene’s impact 12 days ago.

A Tennessee emergency room nurse is being hailed as a “guardian angel” after he died alongside his dog while trying to save a man who was stranded in Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters.

The office of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the Lone Star state will be directing resources to help Florida and Tennessee with hurricane relief efforts.

FEMA is taking criticism for its failures in response to Hurricane Helene, but it appears that the agency was worrying over DEI policies.

A handful of Senate Republicans are warning that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are siphoning taxpayer funds from FEMA to help migrants.

At least twelve Tennesseeans are dead and 15 are still considered missing after Hurricane Helene’s devastating floods.

Hurricane Milton has intensified even further after rapidly developing into a major Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is being criticized by the right for taping the sex-focused podcast Call Her Daddy as hundreds of thousands of Americans are still suffering from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.