{"id":113110,"date":"2024-10-12T00:58:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113110"},"modified":"2024-10-12T00:58:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T17:58:12","slug":"hurricane-milton-aftermath-millions-remain-without-power-as-residents-return-to-assess-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113110","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Milton aftermath: Millions remain without power as residents return to assess damage\u00a0"},"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>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Florida residents slogged through flooded streets, gathered up scattered debris and assessed damage to their homes on Friday after Hurricane Milton smashed through coastal communities and spawned a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-tornadoes-florida-deaths-climate-change-oceans-f197c258022c189c6ce8bc59dc88223e\">barrage of deadly tornadoes<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine people were dead, but many expressed relief that Milton wasn\u2019t worse. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/milton-florida-hurricane-d40b1e47fd78844bf1ed528bab5099f1\">The hurricane<\/a><\/span> spared densely populated Tampa a direct hit, and the lethal storm surge that scientists feared <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-milton-tampa-bay-reverse-surge-3ac00f9d341d6ec5fa024af253f5bdc1\">never materialized<\/a><\/span>. Gov. Ron DeSantis warned people to not let down their guard, however, citing ongoing threats to safety including downed power lines and flooded areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re now in the period where you have fatalities that are preventable,\u201d DeSantis said Friday. \u201cYou have to make the proper decisions and know that there are hazards out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arriving just two weeks after the devastating Hurricane Helene, the system flooded barrier islands, tore the roof off the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-milton-nba-6647165a86aa8ed4acd8c0e16adb29df\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a><\/span> &#8216; baseball stadium and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-milton-crane-st-petersburg-florida-d2dcc980515a2c6a0dd14b272d0b8099\">toppled a construction crane<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>As homeowners assessed damage to their property, about 2.4 million customers in Florida remained without power Friday morning, according to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poweroutage.us<\/a><\/span>. The 260,000 people in St. Petersburg were told to boil water before drinking, cooking or brushing their teeth, until at least Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But the state\u2019s vital tourism industry started to return to normal, with several theme parks preparing to reopen. The state\u2019s busiest airport was also scheduled to fully reopen Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding from Milton\u2019s heavy rains was still causing problems.<\/p>\n<p>Crews from the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office were assisting with rescues of people, including a 92-year-old woman, who were stranded in rising waters along the Alafia River on Friday morning. The river is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long and runs from eastern Hillsborough County, east of Tampa, into Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Animals were being saved, too. Cindy Evers helped rescue a large pig stuck in high water Friday at a strip mall in Lithia east of Tampa. She had already rescued a donkey and several goats after the storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m high and dry where I\u2019m at and I have a barn and 9 acres,\u201d said Evers, adding she will soon start to work to find the animals\u2019 owners.<\/p>\n<p>In Riverview, named because of its proximity to the Alafia River, a small bridge over a creek washed out, blocking Canadian Del Ockey from the home where he spends the six coldest months of the year. <\/p>\n<p>Two planks over the now trickling creek are the only way he can get to his house. He rented a car and parked it on the other side, making a run Friday morning to get gas and fix a chain saw that broke as he was cutting down fallen trees around his home.<\/p>\n<p>Ockey said he\u2019s used to hurricanes, having built his house 26 years ago, but Milton was different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had seven or eight of them come before, but nothing like this one. This was big-time,\u201d Ockey said.<\/p>\n<p>Before noon on Friday, cars with residents returning to evacuated homes in southwest Florida crept along in a slow-moving line of traffic across Interstate 75, also known as Alligator Alley. Many had evacuated to the state\u2019s Atlantic Coast near Fort Lauderdale and Miami. On Thursday evening, bucket trucks, fuel tankers, portable bathroom trailers and a convoy of emergency vehicles streamed toward the hardest-hit areas. <\/p>\n<p>Finding gas was still a challenge. 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<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. The couple and their family evacuated Wednesday night as the storm barreled toward them \u2014 a decision they believe probably saved their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt ain\u2019t much, but it was ours. What little bit we did have is gone,\u201d Natasha Ducre said. \u201cIt\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As residents rushed back to their homes to assess the damages, tourists who had come for a vacation found that Florida <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/disney-world-milton-universal-seaworld-reopening-c6393375c33b89e9041faa203784985f\">theme parks<\/a><\/span> including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld had reopened Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando International Airport, the state\u2019s busiest, said departures for domestic flights and international flights would resume Friday, after resuming domestic arrivals Thursday evening. The airport had minor damage, including a few leaks and downed trees. Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers also reopened Friday. <\/p>\n<p>MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and Patrick Space Force Base near Cocoa Beach remain closed, with only authorized personnel allowed on the bases. MacDill, home to U.S. Central Command and Special Operations Command, experienced some damage and flooding, Air Force officials said. Patrick was spared any significant damage.<\/p>\n<p>Milton prevented Simon Forster, his wife and their two children from returning to Scotland as planned Wednesday evening, so they enjoyed an extra two days of their two-week vacation on a bustling International Drive in Orlando\u2019s tourism district on Thursday. Hurricanes seem to follow them since 2022\u2019s Hurricane Ian kept them from returning to Scotland after another Orlando vacation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo extra days here \u2014 there are worse places we could be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>This story has been edited to correct the last name of the couple whose home was severely damaged. It is Ducre, not Shannon.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Payne and Daley reported from Palmetto, Florida. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. 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