Neighbors in Spring Hill, Florida, boarded up their homes on Tuesday, October 8, as the state braced for
Hurricane Milton, which was expected to make landfall on Wednesday night.
Hernando County Fire Rescue warned residents that mandatory evacuation orders were in effect for several locations, including “all residents living in coastal and low-lying areas, as well as manufactured homes county-wide,” and said that “additional shelters” were being prepared.As of Wednesday morning,
Hurricane Milton was located approximately 250 miles southwest of Tampa and was a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. Credit: @FlossG0d via Storyful