{"id":2353917,"date":"2024-10-11T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-milton-death-toll-16-as-problems-persist-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T18:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:31:11","slug":"hurricane-milton-death-toll-16-as-problems-persist-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-milton-death-toll-16-as-problems-persist-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Milton death toll 16 as problems persist &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhurricane-milton-death-toll-16-as-problems-persist-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hurricane Milton has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-the-grace-of-god-family-gets-modern-miracle-after-tornado-picked-up-4-month-old-baby\/\" title=\"Miraculous: Tornado Lifts 4-Month-Old Baby, Family Blessed\">caused widespread devastation<\/a> in Florida, \u200dresulting in at \u2064least 16 fatalities, including five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize\">people killed<\/a> by tornadoes\u200b in St. Lucie County. Over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-sees-biggest-anti-government-protests-in-decades\/\" title=\"Cuba Sees Biggest Anti-Government Protests in Decades\">2 million residents<\/a> are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-elsa-running-along-fla-western-coast\/\" title=\"Tropical Storm Elsa running along Fla. Western Coast\">experiencing power outages<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-predicts-medias-disaster-response-as-ian-pummels-florida\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro Predicts Media\u2019s Disaster Response As Ian Pummels Florida\">hurricane made landfall<\/a> as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key and has\u200d produced record rainfall across the Tampa \u200cBay area, including over 18 inches in St. Petersburg, marking it as\u2062 a rare \u2062weather event. Major flooding has occurred, particularly along the Alafia River in\u200c Hillsborough County, prompting urgent flood\u2062 warnings from the National Weather Service. Officials report that many cars and homes are submerged, and they fear\u2064 the situation\u200c may worsen as\u200d floodwaters continue to rise.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hurricane Milton death toll reaches 16 as flooding and power outages persist<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1813123\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Hurricane Milton has left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/at-least-16-deaths-are-confirmed-after-hurricane-milton-221488709873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>at least 16<\/a> people dead in Florida, with five people being killed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/hurricane-milton-tornado-rips-florida-retirement-community-killing-mul-rcna174835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tornadoes<\/a> that hit St. Lucie County. More than 2 million people are still without power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Milton made landfall near Siesta Key as a Category 3 on Wednesday night, dumping torrential rain throughout the Tampa Bay area and qualifying it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/hurricane-milton-rain-1-in-1000-year-event-rcna174838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>1-in-1000-year<\/a> event as it headed west across the state. St. Petersburg got 18.31 inches of rain (over 1.5 feet in 24 hours), Clearwater Beach got 14.01 inches, and Baskin saw 13.09 inches, <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/data\/obhistory\/KSPG.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Houses lie in ruins after sustaining tornado and flood damage from Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Matlacha, Florida. (AP Photo\/Marta Lavandier)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Major flooding from the Alafia River is continuing to increase in Hillsborough County, where Tampa is, and the National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ151&amp;warncounty=FLC057&amp;firewxzone=FLZ151&amp;local_place1=2%20Miles%20ESE%20Tampa%20FL&amp;product1=Flood+Warning&amp;lat=27.9474&amp;lon=-82.4588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued<\/a> flood warnings advising residents to take extreme precautions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s cars underwater. Some homes are completely underwater,&rdquo; Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/weather\/hurricanes\/live-blog\/hurricane-milton-aftermath-live-updates-rcna174988\/rcrd59976?canonicalCard=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> during a press conference Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>He added that they &ldquo;haven&rsquo;t seen the worst of it yet,&rdquo; as the Alafia has not reached its peak height.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This drone image provided by Kairat Kassymbekov shows flooding from Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Florida, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Kairat Kassymbekov via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, over 500,000 people in Hillsborough County were without power, the highest number of outages in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 30% of gas stations are empty statewide, and over 77% of <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Tampa&rsquo;s gas stations were out of gas as of 1:32 p.m. Friday, according to gas tracking website&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/go\/hurricane-milton-outage-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GasBuddy<\/a>. Sarasota, Fort Myers, and Naples also have high numbers of empty stations. For air travel, after closures, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/weather\/hurricanes\/live-blog\/hurricane-milton-aftermath-live-updates-rcna174988\/rcrd59965?canonicalCard=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a>&nbsp;International Airport and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flyPBI\/status\/1844422726435426330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palm Beach<\/a>&nbsp;International Airport resumed Thursday,<\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MCO\/status\/1844442974580769007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Orlando<\/a> International Airport opened Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1813123\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1813123\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Milton&#8217;s death toll rises to 16 in Florida, with ongoing flooding and power outages affecting over 2 million residents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3427,"featured_media":2353918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24284535282935.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42848,35224,42483,33918,32076],"class_list":["post-2353917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-death-toll","tag-emergency-response","tag-hurricane-milton","tag-natural-disaster","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24284535282935.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}