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Sally Patterson: US Correspondent on the evacuation advice regarding Hurricane Milton · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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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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  Speaker 3: to hear you on the show. That's our US correspondent
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  Speaker 3: with us.
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