Officials are warning that Hurricane Milton, which has been downgraded to a category three hurricane as it approaches Florida, would be "deadly and catastrophic".
With Milton expected to make landfall over southern Sarasota in the next hours and tornado and storm surge warnings already in effect, millions of people have fled the US state.
Joe Biden issues a warning, stating that even with the classification adjustment, this hurricane would still rank among the most catastrophic to hit Florida in a century.
The US president denounced earlier Donald Trump and others' "reckless" promotion of "outright lies" regarding the federal government's response; he made the same comments today evening in a White House address.
Two weeks have passed since Hurricane Helene, a category four storm that struck the Gulf Coast and left at least 225 people dead in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. Milton is now arriving.
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