{"id":113062,"date":"2024-10-11T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113062"},"modified":"2024-10-11T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:55:00","slug":"scope-of-hurricane-milton-damage-emerges-as-power-outages-and-fuel-shortages-remain-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113062","title":{"rendered":"Scope of Hurricane Milton damage emerges as power outages and fuel shortages remain in Florida"},"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 id=\"\">\n<p>Florida residents repaired damage from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/hurricane-milton-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Milton<\/a><\/span> and cleaned up debris Friday after the storm smashed through coastal communities and tore homes to pieces, flooded streets and spawned a barrage of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/dog-rescued-from-rubble-at-retirement-community-in-st-lucie-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">deadly tornadoes<\/a><\/span>. At least 16 deaths are linked to the storm, officials told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arriving just two weeks after the devastating Hurricane Helene, the system flooded barrier islands, tore the roof off the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-milton-tropicana-field-roof-destroyed-tampa-bay-rays-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; baseball stadium<\/a><\/span> and toppled a construction crane. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/video-rescue-hurricane-milton-tampa-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Dozens of rescues<\/a><\/span> have been conducted across the area.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa evacuee Lillian Bicart, 80, told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; that flooding severely damaged her home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I have to sit down and think what I&#8217;m going to do, because I lose everything, everything too wet,&#8221; Bicart said. &#8220;I never think about this. This is a bad dream, very bad.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tornadoes also left a swath of damage across Central and Southern Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Hurricane Milton Climate \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/11\/b7963854-8197-4bbd-8379-e4a551b374f2\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/23a06f3583d0ffe57477ea8d11dafa7a\/ap24285423127359.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/11\/b7963854-8197-4bbd-8379-e4a551b374f2\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/a790a14d6de353d369b50b09f4a72262\/ap24285423127359.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Neighborhoods with debris from tornadoes are visible in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, Oct. 10, 2024, in Fort Pierce, Fla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Gerald Herbert \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Even with the hurricanes, it&#8217;s never been this bad ever,&#8221; Jashanti Williams, whose family hid in the bathroom as the tornadoes ripped through the neighborhood, told &#8220;CBS Mornings.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As residents assessed damage to their property, over 2 million customers in Florida remained without power Friday morning, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/cbsint_a10ef_cbsnews?q=https%3A%2F%2Ffindenergy.com%2Fpower-outage%2F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fmilton-aftermath-recovery-efforts-florida%2F&amp;event_type=click&amp;article_id=0165dd14-a8fe-4edb-8a2b-6093eb225296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:805px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-zIiIy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/zIiIy\/full.png\" alt=\"Map of the state of Florida showing the estimated share of customers without power using data from Find Energy.\"\/><\/div>\n<p> <amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/zIiIy\/8\/\"> <\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>A flood of vehicles headed south Thursday evening on Interstate 75, the main highway that runs through the middle of the state, as relief workers and evacuated residents returned to assess the aftermath. Bucket trucks and fuel tankers streamed by, along with portable bathroom trailers and a convoy of emergency vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>As residents <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/floridas-west-coast-evacuees-face-uncertainty-traffic-heading-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to get back<\/a><\/span> to find out whether their homes were destroyed or spared, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/milton-evacuation-hurricane-in-florida-gas-shortages\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">finding gas was still a challenge<\/a><\/span>. Fuel stations were still closed as far away as Ocala, more than a two and a half hour drive north of where the storm made landfall as a Category 3 near Siesta Key in Sarasota County on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Hurricane Milton Weather \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/11\/8acbb9b7-c4d7-41db-8dec-ebac92387bcc\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e614610d769c927cc678b7b0f7b2dfb3\/ap24285019601305.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/11\/8acbb9b7-c4d7-41db-8dec-ebac92387bcc\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/103d563a92e48b2ae5398205433f6547\/ap24285019601305.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A truck drives down a flooded street in Siesta Key, Fla., following Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Rebecca Blackwell \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Natasha Ducre and her husband, Terry, were just feeling lucky to be alive. Milton peeled the tin roof off of their cinderblock home in their neighborhood a few blocks north of the Manatee River, about a 45-minute drive south of Tampa. She pushed to leave as the storm barreled toward them Wednesday night after he resisted evacuating their three-bedroom house where he grew up and where the couple lived with their three kids and two grandchildren. She believes the decision saved their lives.<\/p>\n<p>They returned to find the roof of their home scattered in sheets across the street, the wooden beams of what was their ceiling exposed to the sky. Inside, fiberglass insulation hung down in shreds, their belongings soaked by the rain and littered with chunks of shattered drywall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It ain&#8217;t much, but it was ours. What little bit we did have is gone,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"APTOPIX Hurricane Milton Weather \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/11\/4d37845c-7cb6-413a-9805-1be756f20855\/thumbnail\/620x413\/37e9c4118174c07e676e31d321c08dcb\/ap24284641586011.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/11\/4d37845c-7cb6-413a-9805-1be756f20855\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/344bc221836c4d13c3cbd52d1cbfe8f3\/ap24284641586011.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Natasha Ducre surveys the kitchen of her devastated home, which lost most of its roof during Hurricane Milton, in Palmetto, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Rebecca Blackwell \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With shelters no longer available and the cost of a hotel room out of reach, they plan to cram into Terry Ducre&#8217;s mother&#8217;s house for now. After that, they&#8217;re not sure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have no answers,&#8221; Natasha Ducre said. &#8220;What is my next move? What am I going to do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld planned to reopen Friday after an assessment of the effects of the storm.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando International Airport, the state&#8217;s busiest, said departures for domestic flights and international flights would resume Friday, after resuming domestic arrivals Thursday evening. 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