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Privacy NoticePresenter Susanna Reid paused Thursday’s Good Morning Britain to issue breaking news about Hurricane Milton in Florida. Susanna aired a special news segment on the breakfast show to issue updates about the Hurricane, which is currently battering Florida in the USA. As part of the briefing, she revealed a chilling instruction which those in the hurricane’s path have been given. The 53-year-old presenter explained to viewers of the show that winds of 120mph were currently battering the state thanks to the hurricane, as well as explaining that a, “life-threatening storm surge of up to 13 feet of water is also predicted.”
Susanna’s co-presenter was aghast at what she revealed
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Susannah revealed that while locals have been told to evacuate, those who won’t comply are being given a special instruction: “Residents who refuse to evacuate are being told to write their names on their arms,” she explained. She then revealed the heartbreaking reason for the order. “These are pictures people are posting on social media and the chilling reason for this is this is so they can be identified if they don’t survive the storm,” she revealed. This prompted stunned co-host Ed Balls to exclaim: “Goodness!” Susanna followed up the information with the worrying news that: “Warnings that deaths will be unavoidable for those who have refused to evacuate as the torrential rain batters their homes.” Hurricane Milton has made landfall as a Category 3 storm, with the Met Office warning it will be “dangerous and destructive” While the locals tackle the storm, back in the UK thousands of UK holidaymakers had holiday flights to Florida cancelled. Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and Tui are among the airlines to have cancelled flights from UK airports to Florida, a popular holiday destination for Brits. Sign up to OK!’s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free
Florida and its theme parks are a popular tourist destination for Brits
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The Met Office has said that there is a chance that the hurricane could bring uncertainty to UK weather next week if its remnants end up crossing the Atlantic, but added that the hurricane-level winds of Milton were “highly unlikely to reach the UK”. A number of airports in Florida have also closed to commercial operations, including Orlando International, Melbourne Orlando International and Tampa International. Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida and National Hurricane Centre reports the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 120mph. The US National Weather Service has issued the highest level of flood warning to more than two million residents within Milton’s path. Two million people so far are reported to have been plunged into darkness so far, electrical fault website poweroutage.us reports. Elsewhere, the BBC has apologised after a weather blunder saw it accidentally forecast hurricane winds and temperatures hot enough to melt lead across the UK.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnGood Morning BritainSusanna Reid
