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'Incredibly scary': 3 million Floridians without power after Hurricane Milton makes landfall

caption: Flood waters sit in an apartment complex where people are being rescued in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Clearwater, Fla. (Mike Stewart/AP)
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Flood waters sit in an apartment complex where people are being rescued in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Clearwater, Fla. (Mike Stewart/AP)

We get the latest from Florida, where three million are without power after Hurricane Milton made landfall. Gov. Ron DeSantis says the storm could have been worse. NPR’s Greg Allen joins us.

And Florida resident Tricia Rand tells us what it was like to shelter in place Wednesday night at home in Parrish, north of where the storm made landfall.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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