Its passing will cause very heavy to intense rains and thunderstorms in the northeast, east, south and southeast of the country, including the Yucatan Peninsula,
My Administration is sparing no resource to support families as they begin their road to rebuilding,
I don’t think there’s any scenario where we don’t have major impacts at this point,
If you’re on that west coast of Florida, barrier islands, just assume you’ll be asked to leave,
I urge all residents in Florida to listen to local officials and make preparations as needed,
There are some areas with a lot of debris that is there, so if you get hit with a major hurricane, what's going to happen to that debris? It's going to increase the damage dramatically,
Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify during the next couple of days and become a major hurricane on Monday,
We could have a discussion about the failure of this administration’s border policies and the billions of dollars it’s costing. But right now, not yet is it affecting the flow of resources to western North Carolina,
We have paid so much money from our tax dollars into the crisis that didn’t need to happen.”
We are using every resource at our disposal to help our local communities to get the debris out…this is all hands on deck,
There is an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts for portions of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula beginning late Tuesday or Wednesday. Residents in these areas should ensure they have their hurricane plan in place, follow any advice given by local officials, and check back for updates to the forecast,
From the entire time I’ve been governor, you look at different scenarios, and probably the scenario that was one that is challenging in terms of the damage, would be a major hurricane going into Tampa Bay, just because it’s so vulnerable,
We are preparing ... for the largest evacuation that we have seen, most likely since 2017, Hurricane Irma,
Regardless of where the storm tracks, it’s going to produce a large area of heavy rain and potential flooding,
Most of the Gulf is above-average SST still, and the loop current is prominent. Shelf south of Tampa is extremely warm as well. Lots of potential fuel,
I highly encourage you to evacuate” if you're in an evacuation zone
You have time to prepare — all day today, all day Monday, probably all day Tuesday to be sure your hurricane preparedness plan is in place,
All available state assets ... are being marshaled to help remove debris,
This kind of rhetoric is not helpful to people and it’s really a shame we’re putting politics ahead of helping people,
Milton is moving slowly but is expected to strengthen rapidly,