Punta Gorda residents, businesses brace for Hurricane Milton
WEB2 days ago · With Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall somewhere along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Oct. 9, some Punta Gorda hotels stopped taking reservations, flight disruptions are expected and residents ...
Charlotte County orders evacuations because of Hurricane Milton
WEB2 days ago · By: WFTX Digital Team. Posted 6:50 AM, Oct 07, 2024. PUNTA GORDA, Fla — Charlotte County announced evacuation orders for two zones on Monday morning, because of Hurricane Milton. Red Zone-A and ...
News List | City of Punta Gorda, FL
WEB2 days ago · Post Date:10/07/2024 9:23 AM. NEWS RELEASE. Charlotte County Orders Evacuation of Red, Orange Zones. CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (Oct. 7, 2024) – Charlotte County Emergency Management has issued evacuation orders for residents in Red Zone-A and Orange Zone-B. The evacuation also includes residents in any zone living in mobile …
Milton 'explosively intensifies' into Category 5 hurricane, triggers ...
WEB2 days ago · Life-threatening storm surges are expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast this week with Hurricane Milton, which was upgraded Monday afternoon to a Category 5 storm over the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Punta Gorda residents, businesses brace for Hurricane Milton
WEB2 days ago · All Publix stores in the hurricane zone are open, and at least one Punta Gorda store has plenty of water. Staff said they are waiting to hear from corporate headquarters as to when Publix stores in the storm zone will close, but Oct. 7, most, if not all, were operating at normal hours. For those wanting to buy gasoline, it was a different …
Punta Gorda's Historic District devastated by record-breaking …
WEBSep 28, 2024 · Punta Gorda leaders say the flooding from Hurricane Helene is the worst the city has ever seen. Mayor Lynne Matthews said she hasn't seen it this bad ever in the nearly three decades she's...
What to know about Hurricane Milton as it moves toward Florida…
WEB1 day ago · Milton was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 kph) and was centered about 675 miles (1,085 kilometers) southwest of Tampa at late Monday afternoon. Those winds eased to 155 mph (250 kph) by early Tuesday and the hurricane was downgraded to Category 4 status. It was centered about 560 miles (900 …
Charlotte County Schedules Hurricane Milton News Conference at …
WEBCHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (Oct. 7, 2024) – Charlotte County has scheduled a news conference with Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller to discuss county preparations for potential impacts from Hurricane Milton at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday at the Emergency Operations Center, 26571 Airport Road east of Punta Gorda.
Historic District of Downtown Punta Gorda prepares for Tropical …
WEBSep 24, 2024 · Flooding in the historic district has plagued the community for years, rain after rain, storm after storm. WINK News reporter Jolena Esperto was there to find out what people there are doing to...
Evacuation Orders Posted as Florida Braces for Hurricane Milton
WEB3 days ago · By Sara Ruberg. Oct. 6, 2024. Evacuations and storm preparations began on Sunday night as forecasters projected that Hurricane Milton would slam into Florida’s west coast on Wednesday as a major ...
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