Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., discusses how his district is making ready for Hurricane Milton, Rep. James Comer calling for a overview of FEMA, the federal authorities’s response to hurricane season and using FEMA funds for unlawful migrants.
A number of main Florida airports are briefly closing because the state prepares for one more hurricane to make landfall, additional impacting the already-battered area.
Hurricane Milton, at present a Class 4 storm, is forecast to make landfall alongside Florida’s Gulf Coast within the early morning hours of Thursday, bringing with it a danger of catastrophic and life-threatening flash and concrete flooding. It comes after the state was hit by Hurricane Helene in late September, which introduced devastating flooding and a storm surge to the Southeast, killing not less than 232 folks throughout six states.
On Wednesday, Southwest Florida Worldwide Airport in Fort Myers posted on X that it is shuttering operations by means of Thursday.
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“Airlines, car rental agencies and parking facilities are not operating,” the airport posted on the social media platform.
Whereas it plans to renew operations on Friday, the airport stated its resolution to take action “will depend on damage assessments and staffing, as many RSW employees will have storm impacts.”
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The Orlando Worldwide Airport additionally posted on Wednesday morning that it “ceased commercial operations” forward of Hurricane Milton’s landfall.
The airport stated it’ll resume its operations as quickly as its secure and primarily based on its injury assessments.
The Sarasota Bradenton Worldwide Airport in Sarasota additionally posted on X that operations might be closed Wednesday and Thursday.
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St. Pete-Clearwater Worldwide Airport in Clearwater closed down operations Tuesday after the final flight out. The airport posted on X that it’ll stay closed by means of Thursday.
“The airport is in a mandatory evacuation zone and is not a public shelter. Prepare and stay safe,” the airport wrote.
