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Daniel Amaro, Commercial Director Tellusant Mexico
Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, where it knocked out power to more than 3 million customers and whipped up 150 tornado warnings.
Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging to those who have been affected by Hurricane Milton that “we will be with you every step of the way as you recover and rebuild.”
Here’s what to know:
- Power outages: Just under 3 million homes and businesses are still without power, according to PowerOutages.us. Florida’s central Gulf Coast was hardest hit by the outages, including Hardee, Sarasota, Hillsborough and Manatee counties.
- Death toll: The storm caused at least 8 deaths and sparked hundreds of water rescues, officials said.
- Is another hurricane coming?: Milton was the 13th named storm of the hurricane season, and NOAA forecast 17 to 25 named storms for this year. The next hurricane could be called Nadine, but as of Thursday, the National Hurricane Center wasn’t monitoring any developing storm systems near the U.S.
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