{"id":112934,"date":"2024-10-11T13:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T06:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112934"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T06:51:45","slug":"first-thing-hurricane-milton-slams-into-florida-as-nearly-3-million-without-power-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112934","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Hurricane Milton slams into Florida as nearly 3 million without power | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Good morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A weakening but still tremendously powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/09\/hurricane-milton-makes-landfall-florida\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida\u2019s west coast<\/a> on Wednesday night as a category 3 storm, leaving nearly 3 million homes without power, while bringing \u201ccatastrophic\u201d winds likely to cause significant property damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The cyclone, described earlier in the day by Joe Biden as \u201cthe storm of the century\u201d, made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, just after 8:30pm ET, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm brought a storm surge to much of Florida\u2019s Gulf coast, including densely populated areas such as Tampa, St Petersburg, Sarasota and Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Despite losing some of its potency to wind shear as it neared the coast, Milton, which had churned in the Gulf of Mexico over the last two days as a category 5 storm, was still one of the strongest hurricanes to strike the US mainland in recent memory. It was also the second direct hit on Florida in 12 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Jane Castor, the mayor of Tampa, issued a sobering alert to those in evacuation zones choosing to stay, telling them their homes would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2024\/oct\/09\/hurricane-milton-latest-updates-harris-trump-election?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with:block-67067ef28f08f2b9f7a49ffa#block-67067ef28f08f2b9f7a49ffa\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">become their coffins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"f8039b0e-7ede-4f34-8ed7-ce42483e7d79\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.YoutubeBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"YoutubeBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"visible\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4e36879f14ac08136e700f42f42e35a211ca4954\/0_0_1920_1080\/1920.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Florida police capture footage of flooding from Hurricane Milton \u2013 video\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4e36879f14ac08136e700f42f42e35a211ca4954\/0_0_1920_1080\/1920.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" height=\"259\" width=\"460\" class=\"dcr-my5zgw\"\/><\/picture><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1alawo7\"><svg width=\"36\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 23\"><path d=\"M3.2 0l-3.2 3.3v16.4l3.3 3.3h18.7v-23h-18.8m30.4 1l-8.6 8v5l8.6 8h2.4v-21h-2.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Florida police capture footage of flooding from Hurricane Milton \u2013 video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>What do we know about the impact so far? <\/strong>Nearly 3m homes and businesses in Florida were without power. St Petersburg has had 16 inches of rain since the storm began, half of which fell in just two hours.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>What is a storm surge?<\/strong> As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up on to land; atmospheric pressure from the storm also helps squeeze the water ashore. Water is heavy, and it can move fast in a surge, sweeping people to their deaths, throwing boats and vehicles, and pulverising structures.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>This is a developing story.<\/strong> Follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2024\/oct\/09\/hurricane-milton-landfall-florida-latest-updates\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">live blog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"us-urges-israel-to-urgently-address-catastrophic-gaza-conditions\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>US urges Israel to urgently address \u2018catastrophic\u2019 Gaza conditions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"4c6fecc3-e93b-4042-90e3-f343be7b361b\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Men carry an injured woman to be evacuated in the Jabaliya refugee camp on 9 October.<\/span> Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Israel needs to urgently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/10\/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-iran-us-lebanon-latest-news-updates?page=with:block-670737b68f083b19333a8f49#block-670737b68f083b19333a8f49\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">address \u201ccatastrophic conditions\u201d<\/a> among Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and stop \u201cintensifying suffering\u201d by limiting aid deliveries, the US has told the UN security council. The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said: \u201cThese catastrophic conditions were predicted months ago, and yet, have still not been addressed. That must change, and now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">She also warned Israel against trying to permanently expel Palestinians from Gaza or seizing any territory for itself. \u201cThere must be no demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip, including any actions that reduce the territory of Gaza,\u201d Thomas-Greenfield said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>What is the war\u2019s impact on Gaza\u2019s refugee children?<\/strong> The International Rescue Committee said that after a year of conflict, as many as 51,000 children in Gaza could be unaccompanied or separated from their parents or caregivers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>What\u2019s happening with Israel\u2019s invasion of Lebanon?<\/strong> A quarter of Lebanese territory is now under Israeli military displacement orders, a UN OCHA report found. It said \u201cLebanon\u2019s humanitarian crisis is deteriorating at an alarming rate\u201d as \u201cIsraeli airstrikes have not only intensified but also expanded\u201d and have \u201cincreasingly targeted critical civilian infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"tim-walz-calls-for-scrapping-of-electoral-college-to-decide-us-presidential-race\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"1ca7fc23-68c8-4497-8a41-f5283405f75d\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.<\/span> Photograph: Kelly Presnell\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, has called for the electoral college system of electing presidents to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/09\/election-tim-walz-electoral-college\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">abolished and replaced<\/a> with a popular vote principle, which most democracies use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">His comments chime with the sentiments of most American voters but risk destabilising the campaign of Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, who has not adopted a position on the matter, despite having previously voiced similar views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI think all of us know, the electoral college needs to go,\u201d Walz told party fundraisers in California. He had earlier made similar remarks at a separate event in Seattle, where he called himself \u201ca national popular vote guy\u201d, while qualifying it by saying, \u201cthat\u2019s not the world we live in\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>How does the system work again?<\/strong> Presidential polls are decided not by who wins the most votes nationwide but by which candidate captures a majority of 538 electoral votes across the 50 states, plus Washington DC. A president can win the electoral college while losing the popular vote, notably in recent times George W Bush in 2000 and Donald Trump in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>What did the Harris-Walz campaign make of the comments?<\/strong> Campaign officials said abolishing the electoral college was not part of its agenda.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"in-other-news\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>In other news \u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"ef81ce4d-47a2-4ae6-82b1-f99e62d0430a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Photos of burned belongings are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU borders.<\/span> Photograph: No Name Kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Croatia\u2019s border police appear to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2024\/oct\/10\/photos-croatia-police-phones-passports-asylum-seekers\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">burning clothing<\/a>, mobile phones and passports seized from asylum seekers attempting to cross into the European Union<\/strong> \u2013 before pushing them back to Bosnia.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>El Salvador faces scrutiny for the \u201cpolitical\u201d trial of five environmental activists,<\/strong> with UN experts calling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/09\/el-salvador-trial-environmental-activists-mining\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the case<\/a> baseless.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>A Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing at New York\u2019s JFK airport,<\/strong> after its 59-year-old captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/09\/turkish-airlines-pilot-death-jfk\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">died mid-flight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"stat-of-the-day-foreign-aid-for-fossil-fuel-projects-quadruples-to-54bn-in-one-year\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Stat of the day: Foreign aid for fossil fuel projects quadruples to $5.4bn in one year<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"0c031334-a05d-4585-ad6b-60d3a3556f8c\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">An oil refinery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Reports show clean air projects receive only 1% of foreign aid, while aid for fossil fuel projects quadrupled between 2021 and 2022.<\/span> Photograph: Calvin Chang\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Foreign aid for fossil fuel projects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/oct\/10\/foreign-aid-for-fossil-fuel-projects-quadrupled-in-a-single-year\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">quadrupled in a single year<\/a>, a report by nonprofit Clean Air Fund found, rising \u200b\u200bfrom $1.2bn in 2021 to $5.4bn in 2022. \u201cThis shocking increase in aid funding to fossil fuels is a wake-up call,\u201d said Jane Burston, the Clean Air Fund chief executive.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dont-miss-this-trumps-radical-plan-to-remake-the-presidency\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss this: Trump\u2019s radical plan to remake the presidency<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"233f35ea-bad8-4a4c-b835-3e434e91eb78\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Riverfront Sports in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/span> Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">For Thursday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/audio\/2024\/oct\/10\/i-am-your-retribution-trumps-radical-plan-to-remake-the-presidency-podcast\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Today in Focus podcast<\/a>, Michael Safi and Ed Pilkington go deep on what Donald Trump\u2019s plans for a second term would be \u2013 and how he seeks to reshape the White House to give himself unprecedented power.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"-or-this-is-it-the-end-for-the-ship-that-helped-us-understand-life-on-earth\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>\u2026 or this: Is it the end for the ship that helped us understand life on Earth?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"34a519bd-85b4-4b1d-b538-cbfd34556507\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Drill samples collected by the Joides Resolution from beneath the ocean floor provide valuable data that cannot be obtained any other way.<\/span> Photograph: Thomas Ronge\/IODP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/oct\/09\/a-huge-loss-is-it-the-end-for-the-ship-that-helped-us-understand-life-on-earth\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Joides Resolution<\/a> has contributed to the world\u2019s understanding of the climate crisis, the origin of life, earthquakes and eruptions. But funding cuts mean it may have sailed on its last expedition.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"last-thing-antarctica-welcomes-new-postal-operator-to-coolest-job-on-earth\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Last Thing: Antarctica welcomes new post<\/strong><strong>al operator to \u2018coolest job on <\/strong><strong>Earth\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"7afde41a-bb65-44cf-a4c1-d6f0147d7b97\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Penguins at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island in Antarctica.<\/span> Photograph: Jerome Viard\/PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">George Clarke will soon join the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/09\/coolest-job-on-earth-antarctica-welcomes-new-postmaster\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">most southerly museum and post office<\/a> in Antarctica. 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