Florida residents fleeing Hurricane Milton are stuck in traffic and face gas outages along evacuation routes. Some can't afford to leave.
Hurricane Milton continued to intensify as it neared Florida's Gulf Coast, bringing with it a life-threatening storm surge and destructive winds and forcing residents to jam major evacuation routes to avoid the worst of the storm. The wind field of the Category 5 hurricane, an indication of the area it could affect, is expected to roughly double by the time it makes landfall, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
'If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you are going to die.' On social media, Hillsborough County residents shared videos of deputies driving down roads in evacuation areas playing a public safety message through loudspeakers. 'If you choose not to evacuate, you do so at your own risk,' the recording said. 'Once the weather conditions begin to deteriorate and flooding conditions begin, officers may not be able to help you leave your home.
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