Florida residents stock up on supplies ahead of Milton's landfall

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STORY: :: Florida residents buy supplies as

Hurricane Milton barrels toward the state

:: October 8, 2024

:: Brandon, Florida

:: Lenny Cabanero-Harvey

"We had enough notice, you know, people have been very serious about how big this storm is going to be. I think overall, people have just generally just been very kind. No one just hoarding a bunch of supplies."

Florida's densely populated west coast, still reeling from the devastating Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, braced for landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday.

A direct hit on the bay would be the first since 1921, when the now-sprawling Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area was a relative backwater.