Millions under evacuation orders as Florida braces for Milton to make landfall
by Darryl Coote · UPIOct. 9 (UPI) -- Florida was bracing Wednesday for Hurricane Milton to make landfall, as officials are warning that it could be the most destructive storm on record to hit the region.
More than 5 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders in the state, according to Florida's Division of Emergency Management map, with the first issued on Monday.
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