Michael Sean Comerford, 65, decided to stay behind on Marco Island as Hurricane Milton approaches and the island is under mandatory evacuation. He plans to document the storm for his book about climate change.
Dominick Proto and Meredith DelisoMarco Island, a barrier island off southwest Florida, is under a mandatory evacuation ahead of Hurricane Milton'sMichael Sean Comerford, 65, told ABC News he decided to stay and watch his parents' condo on the 23rd floor of a building while they evacuated to Naples, where his sister lives.
Comerford said he's not the only one who stayed behind in the building, which he said is expected to suffer a power outage in the storm. Comerford said he wanted to document what he sees for a book he's writing about climate change, in which he talks to people on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts.
The storm is forecast to make landfall farther north of Marco Island, though Comerford said there is still the "fear of the unknown."
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