As Milton restrengthens into a deadly Category 5 storm, Florida residents are rushing to finish emergency preparations, reports BBC.
Joe Biden, the current president, urged people in Florida to leave their homes as a "matter of life and death" while the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years.
"A category five, that is like a giant tornado coming at you," one resident of the Gulf Coast city of Bradenton told the BBC.
Mr Lemus, a resident of Bradenton, said he has never evacuated for any previous storm. But for the safety of his eight-year-old daughter, he has to evacuate.
"I just looked at her and I couldn't traumatise her to something like this," he said on Tuesday night. "It's a gamble we weren't willing to make."
Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that Florida had prepared dozens of shelters outside of evacuation zones.
On Tuesday, President Biden said that the storm may well be one of Florida's worst in a century.
"Evacuate now, now, now," the President told Florida residents.
The White House was forced to cancel Biden's visit to Germany and Angola in order to oversee preparations for Milton.
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