The Daily Populous Tuesday October 8th, 2024 night edition
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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.

JimmyTheJimJimson on October 7th, 2024 at 16:36 UTC »

Dear lord that escalated fast!!! It was a TS in the gulf yesterday wasn’t it??

poo_poo_platter83 on October 7th, 2024 at 16:20 UTC »

I feel like an hour ago i got the report that it hit a cat 4. Sheeesh

pickles_and_mustard on October 7th, 2024 at 16:18 UTC »

> Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is forecast to strengthen to a Category 5 within a few hours.

6 minutes later...

> Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

> Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.