President Joe Biden has said the "irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies" about the government's hurricane response is "undermining confidence" in rescue and recovery efforts, even as Hurricane Milton heads towards Florida.
Since Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage in several states, misleading and false claims have been spreading and have intensified as Florida prepares for a new hurricane.
Against the backdrop of the election campaign, Donald Trump has been highly critical of the Biden-Harris administration's response.
Officials in St. Lucie County, Florida, say multiple people are dead after tornadoes ripped through the area as Hurricane Milton makes landfall.
Hurricane Milton made landfall on the state of Florida with furious winds, life-threatening rain and storm surge, as people who endured another hurricane just two weeks ago, brace for a long violent night.
The storm landed near Siesta Key, south of Tampa Bay, with maximum sustained winds of over 190km per hour, leaving more than 1 million homes without power.
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, packing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before.
ReplyDeleteThe weather front made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, in a densely populated area on the US state's western coast.
Milton triggered tornadoes before its arrival, with unconfirmed reports of multiple fatalities after one twister struck a senior living community on Florida's east coast.