Florida is bracing for the landfall of category five Hurricane Milton, as officials have pleaded with residents to follow evacuation orders.

Given the potential destruction of the storm, President Joe Biden postponed an upcoming trip to Germany and Angola in order to oversee preparations for the storm - in addition to the ongoing response to Hurricane Helene.

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It was billed as one of the biggest Hurricanes in Florida's history and this afternoon Milton didn't miss. It slammed into the west coast as a category three bringing with it winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour and storm surges which right now are still rising. A number of deaths have already been reported and millions of home are without power. Subscribe to 10 News First to get the latest updates and breaking news: https://bit.ly/37DDbL1
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Millions of people in Florida are rushing to leave their homes, as Hurricane Milton races towards the state's west coast.

Milton, a category five storm, is expected to hit the Tampa area tonight, packing ferocious winds of up to 165mph (270km/h).

US President Joe Biden warned that leaving was a matter of “life and death”, as the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years

It comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four storm, killing at least 225 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.

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