Traffic becomes heavy as Florida residents flee from Tampa to Orlando. Meanwhile, flooding and strong winds shake Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Milton. teleSUR
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00:00Meanwhile, traffic began to pile up on Interstate 4 heading northeast from Tampa to Orlando
00:06as residents on the Florida coast flee inland to avoid Hurricane Milton.
00:10If all falls for Category 4, the storm could be the state's worst in a century.
00:20And Hurricane Milton continues to slowly move away from the Yucatan Peninsula.
00:24Mexican authorities declared a yellow alert for moderate danger in 47 municipalities.
00:30The State Coordination of Civil Protection announced that the powerful storm will cease
00:34to affect the Yucatan Peninsula in the next few hours but will maintain a rainy season
00:39in the region.
00:40During Wednesday, Hurricane Milton will continue to bring winds gusts of 60 to 80 km per hour
00:46and waves of 2 to 4 meters high along the coast of the Yucatan and Quintana Roo regions.
00:55The wind was strong and there was a lot of rain but thank God it was calm.
01:02I was afraid because apparently Hurricane Milton was only going to hit the Yucatan Peninsula
01:07but it came in strong at about 10, 11 o'clock at night.