King and Cruise are only two of the rich and famous who own homes in Florida, including John Travolta, whose property has runways for his private jets.

Hurricane Milton has not yet made landfall in Florida, but the effects of this latest storm are expected to devastate the region.

Tampa Bay hasn’t been in the direct path of a major hurricane in over a century, but Hurricane Milton may change that. Hurricane scientists say Tampa Bay is “the city to worry about most” due to high vulnerability to flooding from climate change.

President Joe Biden warned that Milton could be one of the worst storms to hit Florida in a century and urged residents to leave “now, now, now.”

Millions of people along Florida’s Gulf Coast are bracing for Hurricane Milton, a historically powerful storm that is expected to make landfall as soon as Wednesday evening and wallop a region still reeling from Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Milton will be a storm surge event unlike any hurricane in living memory for west-central Florida, said Dr. Ryan Truchelut.

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Millions were urged to evacuate ahead of the storm, which is expected to strike as soon as Wednesday night.