The hurricane of the century hit the USA hard.

The Milton Hurricane, which made landfall in the Siesta Key area of Florida, USA, left more than 3 million people without electricity.

The National Hurricane Center made a statement regarding the Milton Hurricane, which has been expected to hit Florida for days. The statement noted that the hurricane made landfall in the Siesta Key area of Florida as a Category 3 storm. It was recorded that Milton's intensity gradually decreased to Category 1 just a few hours after making landfall. The statement also advised residents of Tampa and St. Petersburg to urgently move to safe locations due to the spread of "extremely dangerous hurricane-force winds" in the area.

3 MILLION PEOPLE LEFT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

According to the PowerOutage website, which tracks power outages, it was reported that more than 3 million people were left without electricity due to the hurricane. In the St. Petersburg area, where drinking water services were temporarily halted due to damage to the water supply system, a crane collapsed due to heavy rain and winds, and homes and buildings were also damaged.

TORNADOES LED TO 4 DEATHS

Officials from the St. Lucie area, affected by the hurricane, announced that 4 people lost their lives due to tornadoes caused by the hurricane.

STATE OFFICIALS TOOK ACTION

According to a report by the Washington Post (WP), state officials issued an emergency order to protect individuals whose homes were damaged by the hurricane from "unfair and deceptive practices" by insurance companies and "post-storm fraud." According to the order, damage experts will be required to provide explanations for any changes they make in damage assessments and to document and retain these changes.

MILTON HURRICANE

The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that the Milton Hurricane, which strengthened from the Gulf of Mexico and approached the state of Florida, could be the "strongest" in the last 100 years. President Joe Biden stated that they did everything they could to prepare for the hurricane, commenting, "Milton looks like the hurricane of the century." This hurricane came shortly after the Helene Hurricane, which struck Florida and caused the deaths of 227 people.