Evacuations in Florida due to approaching hurricane Milton
tallahassee October 8, 2024 06:30Authorities in Florida issued warnings to evacuate coastal areas, causing traffic jams as Hurricane Milton approaches.
Authorities in Florida issued warnings to evacuate coastal areas, causing traffic jams as Hurricane Milton approaches.
The recent beheading of the mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico, raises concerns of escalating violence in the ongoing gang war in the region.
Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida as a category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 250 kilometers per hour.
The fire department told local broadcaster MDR that at least thirty people were injured, five of them seriously.
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Two Mexican soldiers opened fire on a pick-up truck carrying migrants at the border with Guatemala, resulting in six deaths and ten other migrants being injured. The soldiers mistakenly thought the migrants were criminals.
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