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Speaker 1: Hurricane Milton making landfall, and Florida Selly Pedison as a

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Speaker 1: US correspondent seally, we're hearing reports of tornadoes as well.

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Speaker 2: That's right, Ryan. This is expected to be a really

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Speaker 2: serious situation hurtling towards the coast of Florida. Now it's

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Speaker 2: an extremely dangerous category for storm, and official state it

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Speaker 2: poses a serious threat to life. Storm Milton is expected

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Speaker 2: to make landfall tonight local time, so in the coming

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Speaker 2: hours and overnight, with winds of up to two hundred

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Speaker 2: and thirty three kilometers per hour. A tornado watch is

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Speaker 2: in effect across many of the cities in the southern

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Speaker 2: half of the Florida Peninsula, including many that you'll know

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Speaker 2: of Miami, Tampa Bay, and Fort Myers. It is expected

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Speaker 2: to weaken before it makes landfall, but it still could

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Speaker 2: be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for

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Speaker 2: the area.

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Speaker 3: People have been told to leave. We found the sky

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Speaker 3: on social media. Who seed roads are two blocked and busy.

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Speaker 3: Plus I might not get back home, so he's staying put. Hey, listen,

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Speaker 3: if things.

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Speaker 4: Do get really really bad, we lose electricity, or maybe

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Speaker 4: the roads are blocked or there's debris everywhere. Even if

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Speaker 4: we were to make it to Georgia, let's say it

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Speaker 4: could be weeks or maybe months before we able to

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Speaker 4: get back.

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Speaker 3: To our home.

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Speaker 1: Salia. People hating the warnings.

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Speaker 2: Well, he's one of many people trying to get to

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Speaker 2: nearby Georgia, trying to escape before the storm really hits them.

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Speaker 2: I want to stress the scale of these evacuations. Around

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Speaker 2: half of all the counties in Florida are now under

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Speaker 2: these orders. Florida Governor Ronda Santas says time is running

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Speaker 2: out for residents to evacuate and get out in time.

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Speaker 2: You need to remember that people are still reeling from

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Speaker 2: Hurricane Helene, which left at least two hundred and thirty

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Speaker 2: two people dead across six states, and that was very recent.

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Speaker 2: The mayor of Tampa says that was a wake up

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Speaker 2: call and she's warning locals if you choose to stay

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Speaker 2: in one of the evacuation areas, you are going to die.

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Speaker 2: But people might be trying to leave, but as you've

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Speaker 2: just heard, there it is choc a block on the

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Speaker 2: way out of those major cities. People are sat for

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Speaker 2: hours in traffic, many choosing to stay in their cars

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Speaker 2: and sleep there because they cannot get any further than

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Speaker 2: that would allow.

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Speaker 3: All right, thanks so much for your time. That great

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