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TAMPA, Fla. (NewsNation) — Florida officials are informing the nationalist to debar floodwaters caused by Hurricane Milton, saying a myriad of dangers are lurking successful murky water.
Frank Robb, an alligator adept and laminitis of the nonprofit radical Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services (EEARSS), told NewsNation the dangers you look mostly beryllium connected wherever you live.
“If you're coastal, you person to interest astir everything from stingrays to alligators, you know. If you're successful South Florida, you gotta deliberation astir crocodiles, snakes — of course,” Robb said. “It's decidedly thing to beryllium alert of and support connected your mind.”
The worst tempest surge appeared to beryllium successful Sarasota County, wherever it was 8 to 10 feet — little than successful the worst spot during Helene. The tempest besides dumped up to 18 inches of rainfall successful immoderate areas.
Robb recommends avoiding floodwaters astatine each costs but has proposal for those who request to task outside.
“Obviously, if it's not h2o you tin spot through, you astir apt shouldn't beryllium wading done it,” helium said. “If you person to locomotion done it, transportation a walking stick, thing to enactment successful beforehand of you to consciousness wherever you're going.”
Robb cautioned, however, that the astir unsafe things dwelling successful the depths of the acheronian h2o aren’t apt to beryllium animals.
“You should beryllium disquieted astir microscopic organisms and bacteria. Those are the things to beryllium truly acrophobic about,” helium said. “Wildlife is going to beryllium wildlife nary substance what. The past happening they privation to bash is person an enactment with you. Again, it's the bacteria, pathogens and things of that quality that should truly beryllium connected people's mind.”
