Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas talks about the agency's role.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas talks about the agency's role.Military trucks are seen ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected mid-week landfall, Oct. 8, 2024, in Sanford, Fla.is barreling toward Florida's west coast Wednesday, and is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.
So here’s what we know: Throughout the day today, Milton is expected to head toward the west coast of Florida, likely around Tampa, maybe a few klicks south. By the late afternoon, early evening, you’re going to start seeing ocean water surging up onto the coastline. By late tonight, the storm itself will make landfall.
MAYORKAS: Absolutely, Brad. And I think assisting is the key word here because we support the state and local authorities. We have already, approximately 900 or so FEMA personnel are already present and situated there. Some of them have been situated there in response to Helene. Some were positioned in recovery efforts for prior hurricanes. We have got incident management assistant teams, urban search and rescue.
MAYORKAS: Exactly as I've described, you've got different expertise brought to bear to address the different types of damages that can occur. And it's really important for people to understand that our, our job here is to minimize the impacts of the storm. We know that's not true. We know the money comes from different pots that are assigned by Congress. We know Donald Trump would certainly know that because he has dealt with those different pots during other storms. We also know there were rumors that there were like roadblocks from FEMA that were keeping people inside Florida, we know that's not true.
ABC NEWS: Oh and so that and so you're saying like when somebody hears, "Oh that $750 grant money is actually a loan, you’re going to have to repay," that's when somebody like doesn't show up to then collect that. ABC NEWS: That said, where, where is the misinformation coming, like are these just panicked, concerned people hearing rumors and spreading rumors, or is it more malicious than that? Does DHS have a sense?
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