Hurricane Milton sandbag distribution in South Florida NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

Miami-Dade and Broward counties are taking Hurricane Milton’s approach to South Florida very seriously, and both have declared a state of emergency ahead of the system’s arrival on the state’s coast in the coming days.

Many people went out on Sunday to get sandbags to begin preparing their homes and businesses for the arrival of Hurricane Milton.

North Miami Beach is already bracing for a week of heavy rains in a town that in recent months has been hit hard by flooding from torrential rains.

This Sunday, workers from the public works department delivered 800 sandbags to mitigate potential flood damage.

Residents came to the call of the authorities, who recalled that last June the city was heavily impacted by a storm that left streets flooded and caused at least 14 people to have to be rescued by first responders.

“With a simple rain you already know how all these …