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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2024

Good Morning! On this day in 1955, actor and comedian Darrell Hammond, who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 until 2009, was born in Melbourne, Florida.

Hurricane Milton is a monster storm barreling toward Florida. Today is the day to finalize any necessary preparations. Please stay safe.

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Milton Grows to a Category 5 Hurricane

Tropical Storm Milton rapidly strengthened on Monday, going from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 180 mph in just a few hours.

According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Milton's intensity today should be dictated by eyewall replacement cycles, which will likely cause the system to gradually weaken but grow larger.

The NHC has issued hurricane watches and warnings across portions of Florida, warning that coastal areas could be overwhelmed by life-threatening storm surges, flooding rain, and damaging winds.

Milton is forecast to remain an "extremely dangerous" hurricane as it reaches Florida's west coast.

Florida Braces for Monstrous Milton

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening near Florida’s central Gulf Coast as a Category 3 or 4 storm. It could be the worst storm Tampa Bay has seen in a lifetime.

Widespread evacuation orders are underway in Florida. As many as 15 million people are under flood watches across the peninsula, and 11 million are at risk for tropical tornadoes today and tomorrow.

Tampa International Airport suspended service this morning at 9 a.m., while Florida ports are also suspending shipments. Three other public airports managed by the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority will close at the same time.

Here is the Pasco County Disaster Planning Guide, a resource for anyone in the path of this storm.

'Stop WOKE' Case Could Cost State $750,000

Florida could pay nearly $750,000 in legal fees for businesses that successfully challenged part of a 2022 law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.”

Citing a “resounding victory,” the businesses' attorneys filed a motion Friday seeking $749,642 in fees and $41,144 in additional costs related to the lengthy legal battle.

In August, Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled that the plaintiffs were entitled to seek fees, clearing the way for Friday’s detailed motion. The state faces an Oct. 28 to respond to the request.

The underlying case involved a challenge to part of the state law that placed restrictions on addressing race-related issues in workplace training.

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➤ Tallahassee: Florida has ramped up debris-removal efforts and recalled the Florida State Guard, Florida National Guard, police, and other emergency workers providing aid in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. (See Video)

➤Manatee County: Beginning Monday, zones A, B, and C, along with mobile homes and manufactured homes, are under mandatory evacuation orders. (See Shelter List)

➤ Hillsborough County: Officials announced a mandatory evacuation for zones A and B, and all manufactured and mobile homes starting at 2:30 p.m. on Monday. (See Shelter List)

➤ Pasco County: Mandatory evacuations began on Monday in Zones A and B, with voluntary evacuation in Zone C ahead of Hurricane Milton. (See Shelter List)

➤ Pinellas County: Six hospitals, 25 nursing homes, and 44 assisted living facilities are under a mandatory evacuation order, applying to about 6,600 patients. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Monday for residents with special needs or electrical dependence in zones A, B, and C. (See Details)

➤ Broward County: The Humane Society rescued 29 cats and eight dogs from a shelter in Manatee County ahead of Hurricane Milton. (More)

➤ Statewide: Schools and universities around the state have announced closures, with many after-school programs canceled for Monday and today. (See List)

➤ Miami moved up to No. 6 in the AP Top 25, a two-spot improvement from last week. (See Rankings)

➤ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will travel to New Orleans early for next week’s game to avoid being impacted by Hurricane Milton. (More)

➤ Miami Dolphins star running back De’Von Achane has been diagnosed with a concussion. (More)

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➤ Naples Comprehensive Health (NCH) and Florida Blue have finalized a multi-year agreement to keep NCH’s doctors, hospitals, and facilities within the Florida Blue network, affecting 40,000 patients in Southwest Florida. (More)

➤ The Florida Department of Transportation is suspending SunRail service beginning today, with the closure expected to last through at least Thursday, depending on the storm’s impact. (More)

➤ SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday for the European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission, a follow-up to NASA intentionally ramming the DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos. (More)

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➤ A Gilchrist Lighting assistant coach and a Branford fan got into an argument Saturday at a youth football game, resulting in Gilchrist’s head coach, Francis Kealey, being arrested by an off-duty Suwannee County deputy. (See Video)

➤ Florida has the most cases of leprosy of any state, with Brevard County reporting 13% of the nation’s 159 cases in 2020. Experts now believe armadillos play a role in spreading the illness to humans. (More)

➤ Two-time Olympic sailor Lara Dallman-Weiss has taken up python hunting to help the environment, applying her athlete mindset to the challenge after returning from Paris. (See Video)

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