LIVE: Governor Ron DeSantis discusses Hurricane Milton preparations

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holds a news conference on preparations for Hurricane Milton. Milton churned toward Florida's battered Gulf Coast on Tuesday, where more than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate before the monster storm slams the Tampa Bay area. The hurricane, which rapidly intensified on Monday into one of the area's most powerful on record, was forecast to make landfall on Wednesday, threatening a stretch of Florida's densely populated west coast that is still reeling from the devastating Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago.

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