Hurricane Milton tracker: Category 5 storm an 'extremely serious threat' to Florida

FEMA administrator to travel from North Carolina to Florida

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, who has been on the ground in North Carolina helping organize relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene, will travel to Florida on Monday to meet with leaders ahead of Hurricane Milton.

Criswell will then return to North Carolina. FEMA senior leader and regional administrator Willie Nunn will stay in Florida to coordinate the response to Hurricane Milton.

A view of near-empty shelves of bread at a Walmart as Hurricane Milton approaches, in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 6, 2024. Octavio Jones/Reuters

Crews on the ground in Florida include "six FEMA Incident Management Assistance Teams, five FEMA Urban Search & Rescue teams, three U.S. Coast Guard Swift Water Rescue teams, four HealthCare System Assessment Teams, two U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) temporary power teams, USACE debris experts, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and wastewater experts, 300 ambulances and 30 High Water Vehicles with ladders from the Department of Defense," FEMA said in a statement.