A Sarasota, FLA teacher with ties to NL talks about her concerns as Hurricane Milton approaches

CBC Newfoundland Morning

Just two weeks after Hurricane Helene, people in Florida are once again bracing for what some are calling a historic storm. Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall this evening, and more than one million residents have been ordered to evacuate. We're already seeing images of major freeways blocked with vehicles and we're hearing reports of gas stations running out of fuel. Madeline Stimans is a teacher in the Sarasota area of Florida, who has ties to this province (and we want to let you know that she is also Martin Jones' cousin.) Stimans and her family were staying in their home Wednesday morning, To ride out the storm.