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The Guardian - US
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Adria R Walker

UNBELIEVABLE: Hurricane milton what does it actually take to evacuate during a weather crisis | History Defined

person wearing green shirt uses drill to board up home as another person wearing pink shirt presses against board
People board up their home before the arrival of Hurricane Milton in St Petersburg, Florida, on Tuesday. Photograph: Octavio Jones/Reuters

On 7 October, as Hurricane Milton was just days away from making landfall in Tampa, Florida, the city’s mayor, Jane Castor, issued a dire warning to residents in evacuation zones: “If you choose to stay … you are going to die.”

But leaving one’s home to avoid the category 5 hurricane is not possible for everyone.

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