Florida moms deliver bundles of joy during Hurricane Milton [Video]

Thousands of Floridians hunkered down at home and in evacuation shelters last week as Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida’s west coast.Video above: Maine teacher gives birth at schoolBut as the storm unleashed deadly tornadoes, power outages and flooding en masse, dozens of mothers across the state gave birth — some for the first time — under less-than-ideal circumstances.In Polk County, sheriff’s deputies helped a mother-to-be get to the hospital just in time after she went into labor in the middle of the night as Milton raged on.Ambulances could not transport residents due to the high winds, so deputies drove the expecting parents, Zenia and Javier, to the hospital in a patrol car, according to a social media post from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.Further west, a Pinellas County shelter set up for hurricane evacuees welcomed a newborn midstorm.“Our shelter staff helped with the delivery,” said Emergency Management Director Cathie Perkins. …