Florida residents evacuate as Hurricane Milton passes

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Traffic becomes heavy as Florida residents flee from Tampa to Orlando. Meanwhile, flooding and strong winds shake Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Milton. teleSUR

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00:00Meanwhile, traffic began to pile up on Interstate 4 heading northeast from Tampa to Orlando

00:06as residents on the Florida coast flee inland to avoid Hurricane Milton.

00:10If all falls for Category 4, the storm could be the state's worst in a century.

00:20And Hurricane Milton continues to slowly move away from the Yucatan Peninsula.

00:24Mexican authorities declared a yellow alert for moderate danger in 47 municipalities.

00:30The State Coordination of Civil Protection announced that the powerful storm will cease

00:34to affect the Yucatan Peninsula in the next few hours but will maintain a rainy season

00:39in the region.

00:40During Wednesday, Hurricane Milton will continue to bring winds gusts of 60 to 80 km per hour

00:46and waves of 2 to 4 meters high along the coast of the Yucatan and Quintana Roo regions.

00:55The wind was strong and there was a lot of rain but thank God it was calm.

01:02I was afraid because apparently Hurricane Milton was only going to hit the Yucatan Peninsula

01:07but it came in strong at about 10, 11 o'clock at night.

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