Clovis couple riding out Hurricane Milton amid trip to Orlando

The mightiness of Hurricane Milton was already being felt successful Florida up of landfall connected Wednesday night.

Power poles were toppled implicit and tornadoes touched down northbound of Miami and adjacent Fort Lauderdale.

Both coasts are expected to look respective feet of tempest surge, with the the worst successful Sarasota.

Farther inland astir noon Pacific clip it was inactive alternatively calm successful Orlando.

"There's a small spot of upwind there's there's sprinkles close now, not needfully rain," said Max Arias, a Clovis native.

Arias and his fiancé, Rachel Perez, are determination connected a concern trip.

About an hr aft our interview, this video Max sent america shows however overmuch the upwind and rainfall picked up.

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"A batch of our household members were telling us, like, 'What are you guys doing? Why didn't you cancel?' Well, unfortunately, it's for work. So, we had to travel either way," said Arias.

He brought Rachel on hoping they'd beryllium capable to sojourn Walt Disney World, which is present closed up of Milton.

"Happiest spot connected earth. We conscionable didn't deliberation it was going to beryllium the wettest and windiest spot connected earth," said Arias.

As Milton moves in, truthful person thousands of volunteers and inferior workers.

The American Red Cross of the Central Valley unsocial sending astir 30 volunteers.

PG&E has deployed 400 unit members to assistance reconstruct powerfulness successful the aftermath of the hurricane.

Millions person been ordered to evacuate and galore person listened, getting distant from Florida's westbound coast.

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