Hurricane Milton Rumbles Through Florida: 13 Reported Deaths, Millions Without Power; MLB Stadium Wrecked, NFL’s Buccaneers Evacuated & Theme Parks Closed Until Friday – Update
UPDATED at 3:25 p.m. PT: Hurricane Milton has moved on, but the storm left lasting damage across Florida, with 13 confirmed deaths (according to CNN) close to three million without power, the roof ripped off the Tampa Bay Rays’ stadium and much more.
On Florida’s east coast, Tampa Bay was spared the storm’s worst hit. While it got nearly a foot of rain from Milton, because it was on the northern side of landfall what was once projected to be a 10-15 foot storm surge turned into a reverse storm surge with the counterclockwise rotation pushing water out of the bay.
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Just a few miles south, St. Petersburg was not so lucky. The area saw 18.87 inches of rain from Milton, the most in the state. Winds there topped out at 101 mph. The storm killed at least two residents and tore the roof off the Tampa Bay Devil Rays stadium (which is located in St. Petersburg). Video below.
“Our priority is supporting our community and our staff. We are fortunate and grateful that no one was hurt by the damage to our ballpark last night,” the team said in a statement today.
“Over the coming days and weeks, we expect to be able to assess the true condition of Tropicana Field. In the meantime, we are working with law enforcement to secure the building.”
While the Rays are done for the season another local team, the Buccaneers, had to evacuate before the storm made landfall. The team departed Tampa on Tuesday morning and relocated practices to New Orleans for the remainder of the week leading up to Sunday’s matchup with the Saints. But it wasn’t a just a normal, sped-up team trip. The team took players’ families and their pets along to make sure all were safe.
“I think overall, everything went smoothly,” siad Head Coach Todd Bowles. “We got the team out, we got their families out, we got their pets out and everything else. Family is the most important thing right now. You can replace material things, and you want everybody to be okay and you hope everybody evacuated – if not, [you hope they’re] hunkered down safely. Family is the most important thing. If you can get your family out and keep them safe, everything else can be replaced.”
In Orlando, which was also hit by the storm, Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando are closed until tomorrow.
WDW officials posted the following on the resort’s web site today: “We’re grateful Walt Disney World Resort weathered the storm, and we are currently assessing the impacts to our property to prepare for reopening the theme parks, Disney Springs and possibly other areas on Friday, October 11. Our hearts are with our fellow Floridians who were impacted by this storm.”
Universal Orlando Resort’s statement is as follows:
“Our hearts are with all those impacted by Hurricane Milton, and we are dedicated to helping our community recovery. We are also grateful for the hard work of our Team Members during this challenging time.
“On Friday, Oct. 11, we look forward to welcoming back our guests as we return to our normal operation across all our theme parks, CityWalk and Halloween Horror Nights inclusive of Early Park Admission for Universal Orlando Hotel guests, Premier Passholders and Preferred Passholders. Guests can visit our website and social channels for more information.”
PREVIOUSLY AT 5:44 p.m. PT, Wednesday: Hurricane Milton made landfall tonight in Siesta Key, FL, just south of Tampa Bay. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph when it slammed into the state’s west coast, making it a major, Category 3 hurricane.
Siesta Key is just south of Sarasota, meaning that Tampa Bay, population 3.3 million, likely dodged the worst of the storm’s surge. In fact, since it is on the north side of the hurricane, there were reports of the water in Tampa Bay actually being pushed out to sea because of Milton’s counterclockwise swirl. In fact, the state’s Division of Emergency Management warned Tampa residents not to walk out into the bay as it receeded.
PREVIOUSLY AT 5 p.m. PT: Hurricane force winds from Category 3 Hurricane Milton are raking the western coast of Florida tonight as the storm neared landfall. Maximum sustained winds were pegged at 120 mph around 5 p.m. ET. As of that report, the storm was 20 miles WSW of Sarasota. It was moving NE at 15 mph. Sarasota airport just recorded a wind gust to 96 mph, according to the National Weather Service. In Venice, sustained winds of 71 mph with gusts to 90 mph were reported.
Governor Ron DeSantis said in a briefing today that a number of “massive tornados” have hit the state. Videos of the damage have started to emerge.
Per the National Weather Service, “the center of Milton will make landfall near or just south of the Tampa Bay region this evening, move across the central part of the Florida peninsula overnight, and emerge off the east coast of Florida on Thursday.”
The central and east coast of the state have already seen a number of tornadoes today from the leading edge of the storm and, as of this writing, winds in Tampa were already verging on hurricane force. Storm surges have already overspilled Charlotte Harbor and pushed into the streets of Fort Meyers. The worst is certainly yet to come. See below for the latest projections.
Even if the storm lands to the south of Tampa Bay, which is generally considered better for storm surge, the NWS warned earlier this morning of increased winds on the northern side of the storm.
“Milton is expected to begin interacting with a front later this evening, which is likely to cause the wind field to expand on the hurricane’s northwestern side. This will likely cause very strong, gusty winds to occur even to the north of where Milton makes landfall,” a NWS statement read.
The already-massive storm has expanded even further than it had this morning, after it nearly doubled in size. Yesterday, Hurricane-force winds extended outward from the storm’s center up to 30 miles and tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles. This morning, per NWS, hurricane-force gusts extend up to 35 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 250 miles, especially to the north. That’s an expansion of about 80% overnight for the outer edge of the wind field. As of the latest NWS update, Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extended further outward up to 255 miles.
The minimum central pressure based on Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter data is 954 mb, up about 25 mb from earlier today.
Rainfall amounts of 6 to 12 inches, with localized totals up to 18 inches, are expected across central to northern portions of the Florida Peninsula through Thursday.
PREVIOUSLY at 1 p.m. PT: Hurricane Milton continued its march toward the Florida coast on Wednesday as a slightly weakened, but still major Category 3 storm. Its maximum sustained winds were topping out at 125 mph. It is expected to weaken further before landfall tonight and will likely do so as a very, very large Cat. 3 storm.
The storm’s path shifted further south overnight, offering more hope that metropolitan Tampa Bay would avoid a direct hit. It could still wobble back north, but the National Hurricane Center has adjusted the expected storm surge values for Florida’s west coast.
Of course, a storm surge of 8-12 feet in a vulnerable area such as Tampa Bay could still prove catastrophic.
The storm’s barometric pressure — considered the best indication of it destructiveness — rose from 914 last night to 933 this afternoon. That’s good news.
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Less good is the fact that the storm’s expected expansion materialized overnight. Yesterday, Hurricane-force winds extended outward from the storm’s center up to 30 miles and tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles. This morning, per NWS, hurricane-force gusts extend up to 35 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 250 miles, especially to the north. That’s an expansion of about 80% overnight for the outer edge of the wind field. The storm is currently 150 miles southwest of Tampa, which means the storm’s outer bands are now impacting the west coast.
And it could expand further, per the most recent update from the NWS.
“Milton is expected to begin interacting with a front later this evening, which is likely to cause the wind field to expand on the hurricane’s northwestern side. This will likely cause very strong, gusty winds to occur even to the north of where Milton makes landfall.”
The outer bands of that wind field have prompted tornado warnings for the West Coast of Florida, including Orlando, where Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld have closed. Multiple funnel couds have been reported touching down, including one caught on film in Broward County near Fort Lauderdale and another in Ochopee near Everglades City. See below.
PREVIOUSLY at 4:20 p.m. PT, Tuesday: Hurricane Milton has restrengthened into a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds at 165 mph. Early this morning, it had dipped to a 150 mph Cat. 4.
Milton’s barometric pressure has also continued to drop this afternoon after rising earlier today. At 2 p.m. pressure fell to 918 mb, down from 929. At about 5 p.m. PT, the pressure was down even more to 902 mb. Barometric pressure is thought to be the most accurate predictor of a storm’s strength and destructiveness.
Currently, Milton is again approaching its nadir of 897 millibars, which it reached on Monday night. That’s the fifth-lowest reading ever seen in the Atlantic Basin. The other storms in that group are Rita in 2005 at 895 mb, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 at 892 mb, Gilbert in 1988 at 888 mb and Wilma in 2005 at 882 mb.
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The storm’s path has also wobbled slightly, with advisories now bringing it in south of Tampa Bay and closer to Sarasota Florida, which could save the Tampa Bay area (population 3 million) from a direct hit. Of course, the path will likely shift yet again before landfall sometime tomorrow night.
As a result, the National Hurricane Service has adjusted its storm surge warning, with greater values trending southward toward Port Charlotte, Fort Meyers and Naples — though Tampa still remains in the area of highest predicted surge, at 10-15 feet.
PREVIOUSLY at 1 p.m.: Hurricane Milton’s maximum sustained windspeed declined slightly overnight from 155 mph about midnight to 150 mph this morning, and now back up to 155 mph this afternoon after the storm skirted the coast of Cancun last night. The storm is on the verge of regaining Category 5 designation, which begins at 156 mph, though wobbles are expected. Milton is forecast to make landfall as a Cat. 3 storm.
The most recent measurement from the National Weather Service has the storm’s pressure dropping slightly this morning, from 929 mb to 923 mb.
Also today, per the NWS, “Milton’s wind field is expected to expand as it approaches Florida. In fact, the official forecast shows the hurricane and tropical-storm-force winds roughly doubling in size by the time it makes landfall. Therefore, damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge, and heavy rainfall will extend well outside the forecast cone.”
One Weather Channel graphic this morning had the storm and its associated winds covering nearly all of the State of Florida. The NWS graphic indicating the arrival of winds had an equally wide spread.
More specifically, the area currently placed under a hurricane warning is home to more than 9.3 million residents, per Reuters. Today, that zone has expanded all the way from Tampa Bay in the west across the I-4 corridor through Orlando and now to much of Florida’s east coast. See area in red below on NWS graphic.
As a result, most of Universal Studios Orlando Resort will be closing at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and will remain shuttered Thursday before reopening on Friday. Both parks offer guests refunds or rescheduling once a Hurricane Warning has been issued for the area, which it has.
Here are the closure specifics from Disney:
On Wednesday, October 9, our theme parks and Disney Springs will be closed in phases beginning at 1:00 PM.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park will close at 1:00 PM
Magic Kingdom park, EPCOT and Disney Springs will close at 2:00 PM.
It is likely the theme parks will remain closed on Thursday, October 10. Disney Springs may reopen on Thursday in the late afternoon, with limited offerings.
This includes the cancellation of Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom park on Thursday, October 10. Event tickets will be refunded.
And from Universal Orlando Resort:
On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure and Universal CityWalk will be open until 2 p.m. and will be closed on Thursday, Oct. 10. (*Note: Hours of operation are subject to change based on forecast alterations and some attraction and experience availability may be limited on Wednesday as we prepare for an early closure)
Universal Volcano Bay will be closed Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 10.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida is canceled for Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 10.
Our hotels remain operational as they focus on taking care of our guests.
The statement from the resort indicated a Friday reopening “pending the outcome of storm impacts.”
Specifically: “We anticipate a full reopening of our destination, including Halloween Horror Nights, on Friday, Oct. 11 at our normal operating hours pending the outcome of storm impacts.”
Those impacts may include, according to the latest NWS forecast, widespread totals of 5-12″ and up to 18″ of rainfall, the latter of which could include the I-4 corridor.
That is expected to put the Orlando metro area at high risk of flash flooding.
NWS also warned of “life threatening” storm surge along all of Florida’s west coast.
Evacuation orders have now been issued for virtually all counties along Florida’s west coast. See red areas on map below.
Given that, the South Florida-Memphis college football game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa has been postponed from Friday night ESPN game to Saturday 3:30pm ET kickoff.
PREVIOUSLY, 1:20 a.m. PT: Hurricane Milton has officially became one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Milton’s maximum sustained winds reached 180 mph late Monday, then declined to 155 mph as the storm skimmed across the top of Cancun, Mexico. It is now a Category 4 cyclone and expected explode in size as it approaches Florida, making landfall as a Category 3 major hurricane.
More important than windspeed — and meteorologists say more accurate — is the storm’s barometric pressure. Pressure more accurately predicts damage from storm surge, inland flooding and tornadoes as well as storm size or storm duration over a community.
To that point, Milton’s pressure dropped to 897 millibars on Monday night. That’s the fifth-lowest reading ever seen in the Atlantic Basin. The other storms in that group are Rita in 2005 at 895 mb, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 at 892 mb, Gilbert in 1988 at 888 mb and Wilma in 2005 at 882 mb. Since dropping to 897, Milton’s pressure has since come up to 924 mb.
For a sense of the storm’s power as it brushed past Cancun, see the video below of conditions there on Monday night.
Walt Disney World Resort on Monday announced the first closures as Milton barrels toward Florida. Some attractions are expected to be closed for days after the storm, according to a WDW statement.
Resort officials say they are “closely monitoring the path of the projected storm, and the safety of our Guests and Cast Members remains our top priority.” While Walt Disney World Resort announced on Monday that it “is currently operating under normal conditions and will continue to be on Tuesday,” officials have just announced the first “Looking ahead, we are making “adjustments based on the latest weather forecast and some areas with unique environments.”
Those are:
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground (including dining and recreation locations), the Copper Creek Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, and the Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa will temporarily close beginning at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground and the Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa are likely to remain closed until Sunday, Oct. 13.
The Copper Creek Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge will likely reopen on Friday, Oct. 11.
The resort’s cancellation or change policy in regard to hurricanes reads as follows:
If a hurricane warning is issued by the National Hurricane Center for the Orlando area—or for your place of residence—within 7 days of your scheduled arrival date, you may reschedule or cancel your Walt Disney Travel Company Disney Resort hotel packages and most room only reservations (booked directly with Disney) without any cancellation or change fees imposed by Disney.
The NWS announced on Monday evening that Orlando (and much of the rest of west and central Florida) is currently under a Hurricane Warning, which means that hurricane conditions are expected.
In 2022, much of Walt Disney World closed for three days as Hurricane Ian brought gusts of 74 mph to Orlando International Airport and 14 inches of rain to the region. Universal Orlando also closed. Flooding was a major issue and, with airports closed, WDW had some guests shelter in place through the storm. Guests trapped inside its resort hotels had the makings of a horror movie. Instead, WDW castmembers’ above-and-beyond care for those guests was a bright spot in our related coverage.
How Milton impacts the parks remains to be seen. But Florida’s governor is not expecting sunshine.
“We have to assume this is going to be a monster,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a Monday briefing on Hurricane Milton preparations.
As the storm hit sustained winds of 180 mph on Monday, Milton’s sustained wind speed had jumped 100 mph in 24 hours as it went from tropical storm to Cat. 5 hurricane in near-record time. According to the National Hurricane Service, only Wilma in 2005 and Felix in 2007 intensified more quickly.
As a result, states of emergency have been declared in counties across the state as residents and visitors begin to evacuate. Sporting events are being postponed and some WDW-adjacent Florida theme parks are being closed. Donald Trump’s scheduled town hall with Univision was also postponed.
In Winter Haven Florida just north of Orlando, Peppa Pig Theme Park will shutter today through Thursday, October 10. Hotel operations will continue with limited capacity. The park also closed down during Helene. Nearby LEGOLAND Florida will be closed on Wednesday, October 9 through Thursday, October 10. Hotel operations there will also continue with limited capacity.
DeSantis, for his part, said the federal government has given him everything he has asked for, rebutting media questions seeking to identify any friction between the combative GOP governor and the Biden Administration. He also noted that emergency personnel were coming from as far away as rival Gavin Newsom’s California.
DeSantis said a state of emergency had been declared in 51 counties, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange and Osceola (the major Orlando resorts are located in the latter two counties).
Milton is expected to slam into Florida near Tampa at around 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The storm is expected to weaken further before it makes landfall, likely still as a Category 3 major hurricane. Even that would be a historic, unprecedented landfall for the vulnerable Tampa Bay region. Weather Channel meteorologists noted Monday afternoon that storms that start at Cat. 5 and weaken just before landfall are often very large and very destructive, even though they’ve lost wind velocity. That was the case with Hurricane Katrina.
Per the latest NWS forecast at 4 p.m. ET on Monday: “Radar data indicate that Milton could be at the beginning of an eyewall replacement cycle, with some signs of a moat and a partial outer eyewall. The evolution will likely cause the system to gradually weaken on Tuesday but grow larger.”
The top sustained winds ever for a cyclone in the region were recorded in 1980 with Hurricane Allen. Its winds were estimated to have reached 190 mph before it slackened and made landfall in Texas.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the Florida Gulf coast from Chokoloskee to the mouth of the Suwanee River, including Tampa Bay, Dry Tortugas and Lake Okeechobee near palm beach. Nearly the entire state of Florida — besides the Panhandle — is under a Flash Flood Watch. A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for the Florida Gulf coast from Flamingo northward to the mouth of the Suwannee River, including Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay. Many of those areas are still piled with debris and wreckage from Helene.
Smack in the middle of Milton’s current predicted path is Tampa Bay and its barrier islands.
“The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline,” a NWS statement read. “The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide…”
The NWS updated its surge forecast for the west coast of Florida this evening, moving Tampa Bay and environs from 8-12 feet to 10-15 feet.
For comparison, Hurricane Helene brought a maximum storm surge of eight feet to the barrier islands around Tampa Bay. That was less that two weeks ago. Now, the region could see a column of water very close to double that stacked across some low-lying areas.
The deadliest hurricane in the Tampa region’s recorded history was a Cat. 3 storm that hit in October of 1921. It killed eight people. At the time, the population of the area was about 120,000, according to reporting by the New York Times. Its current population is three million.
In recent history, Tampa Bay has dodged major impacts. That will no longer be the case after Milton.
“We are telling people this will be like the worst hurricane in their lifetime in Tampa Bay,” Rick Davis, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Tampa, told the paper.
Tampa International Airport will close at 9 a.m. today and St. Pete-Clearwater Airport will close after the last flight today and remain closed Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
In Orlando, which is inland but also directly in the predicted path of the storm, a local state of emergency has been declared in the city. Orlando International Airport and Orlando Executive Airport announced they will cease operations in advance of Hurricane Milton beginning Wednesday morning.
Even as Milton weakens it will scour the state. The inland region is likely to see hurricane-force winds.
“Milton is forecast to remain a hurricane as it crosses the Florida Peninsula and life-threatening hurricane-force winds, especially in gusts, are expected to spread inland across a portion of the entire Florida Peninsula,” according to the 4 p.m. ET NWS forecast on Monday.
While NWS graphics released Sunday put Orlando on the edge of the swath at moderate risk of flash flooding (see below for that archived graphic), Monday’s update (see above) puts the city and most of Northern Florida in that category.
The Weather Channel today reported traffic on the I-4 at a standstill heading north as residents and visitors begin evacuating. Video posted online showed the backup.
The current color-coded map of evacuation orders issued by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is below.
Further south near Fort Lauderdale, the NHL champion Florida Panthers postponed their ring ceremony which had been set for today out of an abundance of caution.
PREVIOUSLY, 6:43 AM Monday: Hurricane Milton has intensified into a Category 4 hurricane, with a dangerous surge threatening Tampa Bay.
In a briefing this morning, the National Weather Service said that Milton will be a historic storm for the west coast of Florida and that its path includes Tampa and Orlando.
PREVIOUSLY, October 6: Ten days after the Southeast was wracked by Helene, one the deadliest storms in modern history, the National Weather Service today forecast that newly formed Hurricane Milton is headed toward Central Florida and could impact the entire state.
“Milton is forecast to move just north of the Yucatan Peninsula and across the southern Gulf of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday and approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula by Wednesday,” reads a NWS report.
“Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph (150 km/h) with higher gusts. Milton is forecast to intensify rapidly and become a major hurricane on Monday.”
That means Milton will shift from a tropical storm to a Cat. 3 hurricane in the space of 24 hours. Cat. 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale means winds of 111-129 mph. Per the NWS, “The official intensity forecast…shows Milton rapidly strengthening to category 4 intensity within the next couple of days.” Thankfully, it is expected to weaken slightly before reaching the west coast of Florida. According to the chart below, it is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane, likely Cat. 3.
Hurricane-force winds currently extend outward up to 25 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds up to 80 miles out.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that most of the state will likely be impacted. He has declared a state of emergency in 51 counties, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Miami-Dade and Broward.
“I don’t think there’s any scenario where we don’t have significant impacts at this point,” he said at a news conference. “If you’re on that west coast of Florida and barrier islands, just assume that you likely are going to be called upon to evacuate.”
Unnamed hurricanes of 1909, 1910, 1929, 1933, 1945, and 1949 were all Category 3 storms when they struck South Florida, as were King of 1950, Betsy of 1965, Jeanne of 2004, and Irma of 2017. Milton would be the third hurricane to hit the state this year.
The current forecast cone, which could change drastically in the next two days, has Milton making landfall just south of Tampa Bay which just 10 days ago saw a storm surge of eight feet on some of the barrier islands in and around Pinellas County. Local officials there are desperately trying to clean up debris from Helene so they don’t become airborne or floodborne projectiles.
Officials told the Tampa Bay Times that Milton could be far worse than Helene. Sewage systems and power could be out for weeks, according to the paper’s reporting.
DeSantis warned in a statement posted to social media that the storm threatens more than just the state’s west coast.
“Impacts will be felt across the Florida peninsula, as Milton is forecasted to exit Florida’s east coast as a hurricane,” wrote the governor.
In a news conference with the governor, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie told residents, “I highly encourage you to evacuate. We are preparing, and I have the State Emergency Response Team preparing, for the largest evacuation that we have seen most likely since 2017 Hurricane Irma.”
The storm’s current projected path takes it over Orlando, with the region and its theme parks just on the edge of the greatest projected risk of flash flooding over the next five days, at 40%. During Helene, Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando mostly stayed open, closing only a few outdoor attractions.
Peppa Pig Theme Park Florida closed its doors on September 27, after the storm damaged attractions at the preschool experience. SeaWorld Orlando shut at 2 p.m on the 26th. Busch Gardens Tampa, Adventure Island, and Aquatica Orlando also shut down that day.
Orange and Osceola Counties, in which the parks sit, are among those DeSantis placed under a state of emergency this weekend in anticipation of the storm. Currently, both of the Orlando parks have issued notices that they are currently operating as normal but “closely monitoring” the storm as it develops.
Of note, the low-lying area in and around Miami is also projected to be at the greatest flash flood risk.
Per the NWS, “After crossing Florida, the cyclone should turn east-northeastward to eastward over the Atlantic waters off the southeastern United States.” Currently, it looks set to spare hard-hit western North Carolina.
Greg Evans contributed to this story
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