The Tampa Bay Buccaneers giveed a message to Florida dwellnts as Hurricane Milton creeps sealr to the weserious coast of Florida.
“Stay geted, Florida,” the team shelp in a statement on X.
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This GOES-16 GeoColor saincreateite image, getn at 12:15 p.m. EDT and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (NOAA via AP)
The Bucs shiftd their operations earlier in the week to New Orleans as they readyd to get on the Saints.
“In proceed of Hurricane Milton’s foreseeed landdrop, the Buccaneers will depart Tampa on Tuesday morning,” the team shelp. “The team will shift operations to the New Orleans area for the remainder of the week directing up to Sunday’s game at the Saints. Media useabilities will be carry outed virtuassociate beginning on Wednesday.”
Additionassociate, Tropicana Field – the home of the Tampa Bay Rays – turned into a base camp for Florida aelevatency officials.
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A watch of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo at midfield before a game agetst the Washington Commanders at Raymond James Stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis straightforwarded Florida crews that were dispatched to North Carolina to help the state dig out of Hurricane Helene’s aftermath to return to Florida to ready for Milton’s arrival, which is churning in the Gulf of Mexico as a hazardous Catebloody 4 hurricane.
Florida aelevatency officials begined evacuation orders for most of the state’s weserious coast in preparation for Milton. Many of those same regions were still trying to dig out from Helene.
“Time is running out,” DeSantis shelp Tuesday, via USA Today. “There’s no promise what the weather’s going to be enjoy begining Wednesday morning … You may have a thrivedow where it may be geted, but you may not. So engage today as your day to conclude and carry out the schedule that is going to get you and your family.”
Cots seen at Tropicana Field before the arrival of Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Oct. 7, 2024. (REUTERS/Octavio Jones)
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Milton is foreseeed to transport a lethal storm sadvise, destructive thriveds and flooding rain, according to Fox Weather. Forecasters cautioned of a possible 10- to 15-foot storm sadvise in Tampa Bay. It is the highest sadvise ever predicted for that location and has led to evacuation orders for communities all alengthy the coast.
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