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The number of residents of the state of Florida in the United States left without electricity due to Hurricane Milton that hit the region is almost 2.7 million. This is evidenced by data from the monitoring resource PowerOutage, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
Power outages were recorded for more than 2.68 million consumers.
The third category hurricane reached land around 21:35 (04:35 Baku time) near the city of Siesta Key. Milton will continue to bring life-threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall and damaging winds to central Florida. On Thursday morning, the hurricane weakened to a category two.
October 7 US President Joe Biden signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Florida due to a hurricane approaching the state and ordered federal assistance to local authorities. In late September, Hurricane Helen hit the southern United States, killing more than 200 people and causing an estimated $35 billion in damage to the region.