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Nearly two thousand gas stations are without fuel as Floridians continue to deal with devastation on Thursday after Hurricane Milton slammed into the state’s Golf Coast, leaving at least 14 people dead and over 3 million without power.
Around 25% of the nearly 8,000 filling stations in the state are out of gasoline, with over 63% in Tampa and St. Petersburg, the hardest cities hit by the storm.
Milton was downgraded to a Category 3 storm before it hit Siesta Key, a barrier island off the coast of Sarasota, at around 8.30pm local time on Wednesday according to the National Hurricane Center.
It then moved across Central Florida, bringing flooding and high winds, before traveling out over the Atlantic Ocean where it will dissipate.
At least six deaths have been reported in the state, four caused by tornadoes and two others in the city of St Petersburg that have yet to be explained.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday morning that Hurricane Milton was not ‘the worst case scenario’ but tornadoes did cause significant damage.
He told reporters that the worst storm surge appeared to be in Sarasota County, where it was 8 to 10 feet — less than in the worst place during Helene.
The storm was downgraded to a Category 1 on Thursday as it left the state and moved into the Atlantic ocean.
However, officials have warned that the danger is not over and people should remain in their homes as storm surges are expected following the storm
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