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Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida [Video]
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Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida [Video]

Hurricane Milton quickly intensified Sunday and is on track to become a major hurricane with the Tampa Bay area in its sights, putting Florida on edge and triggering evacuation orders along a coast still reeling from Helenes devastation.While forecast models vary, the most likely path suggests Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. That would largely spare other southeastern states ravaged by Hurricane Helene, which caused catastrophic damage from Florida into the Appalachian Mountains and a death toll that rose Sunday to at least 130 people.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that its clear that Florida is going to be hit hard by Milton I dont think theres any scenario where we dont have major impacts at this point. Hurricane Milton was centered about 815 miles (1,310 kilometers) west-southwest of Tampa on Sunday afternoon, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kmh), the National Hurricane Center said.You have time to prepare all day today, all day Monday, probably all day Tuesday to be sure your hurricane preparedness plan is in place, the governor said. If youre on that west coast of Florida, barrier islands, just assume youll be asked to leave.In Pinellas County, home to St. Petersburg, officials issued voluntary evacuation orders for people along the barrier island beaches and mobile home parks. Mandatory evacuations are likely to follow.With Milton achieving hurricane status, this is the first time the Atlantic has had three simultaneous hurricanes after September, said Colorado State University hurricane scientist Phil Klotzbach. There have been four simultaneous hurricanes in August and September.The St. Petersburg-Tampa Bay area is still cleaning up extensive damage from Helene. Twelve people perished as storm surge swamped the coast, with the worst damage along the narrow, 20-mile (32-kilometer) string of barrier islands that stretch from St. Petersburg to Clearwater. DeSantis expanded his state of emergency declaration Sunday to 51 of the states 67 counties home to more than 90% of the states nearly 23 million residents. The states Panhandle, which continues to recover from other recent storms, is expected to be mostly spared.Floridians should prepare for more power outages and disruption, making sure they have a weeks worth of food and water and are ready to hit the road, Desantis said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, meanwhile, coordinated with the governor and briefed President Joe Biden Sunday on how it has staged lifesaving resources.We are preparing … for the largest evacuation that we have seen, most likely since 2017, Hurricane Irma, said Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management.The state has prepared emergency fuel sources and electric vehicle charging stations along evacuation routes, and identified every possible location that can possibly house someone along those routes, Guthrie said. People who live in homes built after Florida strengthened its codes in 2004, who dont depend on constant electricity and who arent in evacuation zones, should probably avoid the roads, he said. All classes and school activities in St. Petersburgs Pinellas County preemptively closed Monday through Wednesday as Milton approached, and officials in Tampa opened all city garages free of charge to residents hoping to protect their cars from floodwaters, including electric vehicles.As many as 4,000 National Guard troops are helping state crews to remove debris, DeSantis said, and he directed that Florida crews dispatched to North Carolina in Helenes aftermath return to the state to prepare for Milton.All available state assets … are being marshaled to help remove debris, DeSantis said. Were going 24-7.Air search and rescue teams on Saturday found 39 more storm survivors who were still stranded in western North Carolina, state Gov. Roy Coopers office said. So far, almost 6,600 people have been rescued, evacuated or assisted by search-and-rescue teams since the storm hit, the office said. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell defended her agencys response to the hurricanes destruction after Republicans false claims, amplified by former President Donald Trump, created a frenzy of misinformation across devastated communities.This kind of rhetoric is not helpful to people and its really a shame were putting politics ahead of helping people, Criswell told ABCs George Stephanopoulos, adding that its created fear and mistrust among residents against the thousands of FEMA employees and volunteers on the ground across the southeast.Criswell said the agency is already preparing for Milton. Were working with the state there to understand what their requirements are going to be, so we can have those in place before it makes landfall, she said.Federal disaster assistance for survivors has surpassed $137 million since Helene struck more than a week ago, one of the largest mobilizations of personnel and resources in recent history, FEMA said Sunday.Some 1,500 active-duty troops, more than 6,100 National Guardsmen and nearly 7,000 federal workers have been deployed, shipping more than 14.9 million meals, 13.9 million liters of water, 157 generators and 505,000 tarps, along with approving more than $30 million in housing and other types of assistance for over 27,000 households, according to FEMA, the White House and the Department of Defense.More than 800 people unable to return home are staying in lodging provided through FEMA, and 22 shelters are still housing nearly 1,000 people as mobile feeding operations continue to help survivors. The response to Helene wont let up during Milton and its aftermath, because FEMA has the capacity to address multiple disasters simultaneously, the agency said.My Administration is sparing no resource to support families as they begin their road to rebuilding, Biden said. We will continue working hand-in-hand with local and state leaders regardless of political party and no matter how long it takes.The hurricane center said Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula, the Florida Peninsula, the Florida Keys and the northwestern Bahamas should monitor the systems progress. Heavy rainfall was expected Sunday ahead of the storm itself and will likely then combine with Miltons rainfall to flood waterways and streets in Florida, where forecasters said up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain could fall in places through Wednesday night.Meanwhile in the open Atlantic, Hurricane Kirk diminished to a Category 2 hurricane on Sunday, with top winds of 105 mph (165 kph), sending large swells and life-threatening surf and rip current conditions to Bermuda and northward along the U.S. and Canadian coasts, the center said. Hurricane Leslie was also moving over the Atlantic Ocean, well away from land, with top winds of 85 mph (140 kph).

Latina empowers New Mexicans through Pilates in Albuquerque [Video]
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Latina empowers New Mexicans through Pilates in Albuquerque [Video]

THE MEXICAN IS BEAUTIFUL. I FEEL REALLY PROUD THAT IM PUTTING YOU KNOW, MY WORK THERE FOR THE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT MESSAGE FROM AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN WHO MOVED TO THE U.S. TO BETTER HER LIFE IS NOW DOING THE SAME FOR OTHERS AS WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. DARLENE MELENDEZ SHOWS US HOW SHE EMPOWERS NEW MEXICANS EVERY DAY. INHALE, FLEX. FLEX. INSIDE THIS COZY STUDIO. EXHALE A GROUP SHARES AN EVENING RITUAL. WERE BENDING THE KNEE TEN TIMES. ONE HOUR OF PILATES, GUIDED BY LOURDES AVITIA. IM THE OWNER AND INSTRUCTOR OF EMPOWER PILATES STUDIO. SHE HAS HAD HER STUDIO FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT TODAY STARTED HER PILATES JOURNEY DECADES AGO, I DISCOVERED PILATES 20 YEARS AGO, GOING TO THROUGH DEPRESSION AS A PERSONAL TRAINER. SHE WAS NO STRANGER TO WORKING OUT, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS EXERCISE. PILATES IS A MENTAL WORKOUT AND IT HELPS WITH THE CONNECTION OF MIND, BODY THAT YOU CANT FIND IN OTHER MODALITIES. REALLY HELPED ME TO RELEASE ALL THEM. THE DEPRESSION. ADDING TO WHY IT WAS CREATED BY A MAN NAMED JOSEPH PILATES TO REHAB WORLD WAR TWO SOLDIERS AFTER COMBAT. DONT LET THE BREATHWORK FOOL YOU. THIS ISNT YOGA. THIS IS WAY DIFFERENT. AND THESE METAL SPRINGS MAKE A TOUGH WORKOUT. ITS NOT EASY. JUST AS THIS GROUP ARE YOU GETTING A GOOD WORKOUT? JUST SHAKING. AND SOME OF HER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE CLIENTS. THEYRE IMPRESSED THAT BEING A PROFESSIONAL, HOW I CAN MAKE THEM STRUGGLE WITH CERTAIN EXERCISES WITH ME. THEY LEARN TO MOVE SLOW AND INTEGRATE EVERY SINGLE MUSCLE IN EVERY MOVEMENT. TINY MOVEMENTS LEADING TO BIG CHANGES IN HER PRACTICE. LIFTING THE TAILBONE TWO INCHES AND OUT AND IN HER OWN LIFE. I PUT IT IN MY HEART BECAUSE NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF THE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO NATIVE HADNT TAKEN A CHANCE AND LEFT FOR ALBUQUERQUE 33 YEARS AGO. I LOVE THE CITY AND ALWAYS THOUGHT OF MOVING HERE. THESE ACCOLADES LINING HER WALLS RECIPROCATE THAT LOVE. THIS IS HOME FOR ME. SO WITH EACH CLASS BEING HEALTHY THAT WAY YOU CAN EXTEND THE LEG MORE. THIS EMPOWERS THE COMMUNITY. SHE NOW CALLS HER OWN. I GOT SO MUCH FROM THIS COUNTRY. ONE BREATH AT A TIME. ITS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO GIVE IN RETURN. DARLENE MELENDEZ BYRON MORTON KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT THE STUDIO, THERE IS AN OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW FROM 11 TO 1 IN POWER. PILATES IS OPEN T

South Carolina: Helene death toll rises [Video]
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There have been numerous storm-related deaths in South Carolina from Helene. Update Saturday from Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger: “I regret to report the 9th storm related death as a result of hurricane Helene coming through Spartanburg last Friday. A two car vehicle crash occurred on Highway 292 near Inman last Friday evening ( September 27, 2024 just after 9:00 p.m. )that caused the injury and subsequent demise of a man we identified as (Lester A. Brown Jr. , 79 years old) of Bumblebee Lane Wellford. “A tree fell across the road and forced both vehicles to attempt to stop causing them to collide. Mr. Brown was transported to the hospital for his injuries. He passed away on October 2, 2024″I ask you keep the family of Mr. Brown in your thoughts and prayers during their time of loss and grief.”(Video above is live coverage when available.)Update – 2:40 p.m. Friday: Total weather related deaths: 46Aiken: 10Anderson: 5Chester: 2Chesterfield: 1Greenville: 7Greenwood: 1Laurens: 3Newberry: 4Richland: 1Saluda: 3Spartanburg: 8York: 1Update – 2:15 p.m. Thursday: Total weather related deaths: 41Aiken: 6Anderson: 5Chester: 2Chesterfield: 1Greenville: 7Greenwood: 1Laurens: 3Newberry: 3Richland: 1Saluda: 3Spartanburg: 8York: 1Update – 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: Total weather-related deaths: 39Aiken: 6Anderson: 4Chester: 2Chesterfield: 1Greenville: 6Greenwood: 1Laurens: 3Newberry: 3Richland: 1Saluda: 3Spartanburg: 8York: 1Update – 10:30 a.m. WednesdayThe coroner in Spartanburg County on Wednesday released the name of the second person killed in a storm-related crash on Tuesday, bringing the number of Helene deaths in that county to eight.Coroner Rusty Clevenger said Faye Farr Webber, 86, of Jonesville, South Carolina, was a passenger in a Toyota Camry that was hit at an intersection without a working traffic light.Clevenger previously said that Sarah Ann Farr, 77, of Jonesville, South Carolina, died at the scene and was not wearing a seat belt. He said the two are sisters.Read more about the crash here.Update – 8:30 p.m. Tuesday:A deadly crash that happened at a Spartanburg County intersection on Tuesday will be classified as a storm-related death, the coroner said.Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said his office responded just after 2 p.m. on Highway 9, which is Boiling Springs Road, and California Avenue.Clevenger said Sarah Ann Farr, 77, of Jonesville, South Carolina, was a passenger in one of the vehicles and died at the scene and was not wearing a seat belt.The South Carolina Highway Patrol said another passenger in the same car died later at the hospital.More about the crash here.”This case will be the seventh storm-related fatality my county has experienced since the beginning of the storm Helene last Friday,” Clevenger said. “The traffic light at the intersection where this crash occurred was not functioning due to power loss due to the storm.”This raises the death toll in South Carolina to 37, and the death toll in Spartanburg County to seven, adding to previously reported numbers.South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said during an afternoon news briefing on Helene recovery that 36 people in the state have died as a result of the storm. He compared that number to Hurricane Hugo in Sept. 1989, which killed 35 people in South Carolina.Update: Tuesday afternoon: 36 deathsAiken: 6Anderson: 4Chester: 2Chesterfield: 1Greenville: 6Greenwood: 1Newberry: 2Richland: 1Saluda: 3Spartanburg: 6York: 1Laurens: 3Updates on Tuesday morning: 33 total deathsAiken: 6Anderson: 4Chester: 2Chesterfield: 1Greenville: 6Greenwood: 1Newberry: 2Richland: 1Saluda: 3Spartanburg: 6York: 1 Previous story below has specific information on deaths that coroners have released so far:Laurens County: Tree vs car in Clinton Richard Dylan Rathbone 31-year-old male from Clinton Thomas Carson Lawson 41-year-old male from ClintonTree vs camper Carl Thomas Bailey 59-year-old male from Cross Hill Updates as of Monday morning: Aiken: 5Anderson: 4Chesterfield: 1Greenville: 6Greenwood: 1Newberry: 2Saluda: 3Spartanburg: 6York: 1Previous story below has specific information on deaths that coroners have released so far: Greenville County: 6 deaths Six storm-related deaths have been reported in Greenville County. Spartanburg County: 6 deaths Spartanburg Coroner Rusty Clevenger says 6 people have died in his county. The latest death to be reported occurred on Friday around 9 p.m. The coroner was called to Parris Bridge Road in Chesnee, where the coroner found 68-year-old Jimmy Lee Wall dead in his home. Upon initial entry to Wall’s home by the fire department, there were extremely high levels of carbon monoxide recorded. There had been a running generator inside the residence powering at least one appliance.He said a tree fell on a home and killed AnnaMaria Fletcher, 34, on Rainbow Circle in Inman. Clevenger said a tree fell on her home while she was inside.3 people died in Landrum- 2 were killed when a tree fell on a golf cart and the other was a person in a car that was swept away by water. Saturday the coroner identified the two men on the golf cart as Christopher Mark Owens, 64 and Derrill Eugene “Gene” Pitts, 70.One of the people who died in Landrum was identified by the coroner as 88-year-old Ralph Selle of Columbus, North Carolina. The coroner’s office was called to Highway 14 near the intersection of Earles Fort Road on Friday afternoon. The coroner said Selle was inside a vehicle that was completely submerged due to extensive flooding in the roadway.The 5th death was in Chesnee when a tree fell on a camper. The coroner identified that man as Alvaro Burgos-Guitierrez, 41.Anderson County: 4 deathsFour more deaths have been reported in Anderson County, South Carolina.The latest death was reported on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. The coroner said the incident is on Broadwell Mill Road off Highway 29, and involves a car being swept away by water.The coroner says the victim was tracked down due to the victim’s phone signal around Harbin Road.The coroner says that 60-year-old Karen Mcall died after downing as a result of her car being swept away.They also say they had to extricated Mcall from the wooded area via rescue helicopter deployed for the Helene disaster relief. Coroner Greg Shore said a tree fell on a woman’s home on W. Whitner Street around 7:30 a.m. Friday. Shore said the victim was identified as 55-year-old Christine Lynn Schmeiske.He said officials found her under heavy debris and she was pronounced deceased on the scene.”The investigation indicates the victim was in her residence and due to the high winds and heavy rain of hurricane Helene, a large tree fell across the center of the house and killed the victim,” Shore said. Shore said 54-year-old Sandy Lee Fisher also died when a tree fell on her house on Williams Road in Anderson. He said Fisher was also found under heavy debris and pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner responded to a wreck on Saturday around 1:40 a.m. on Main Street in Pelzer. Main Street was down to a one lane road, due to the storm, which caused two vehicles to be traveling different directions in the same lane hitting head on. Two people in one of the vehicles were transported to Prisma Health with non-life-threatening injuries.The coroner identified the victim who died in the other vehicle as 83-year-old Bobby Jean Foster of Belton, South Carolina.The investigation indicated that Foster was driving a Nissan Frontier traveling east on Main Street in Pelzer and was struck head-on by a Ford Explorer traveling west. The Ford Explorer was attempting to go around a large tree and downed power lines, that were blocking the west bound lane and traveled into the oncoming lane of traffic striking Foster’s vehicle.The coroner said this death has been attributed to Helene as a weather-related death due to damage in the area and obstacles in the road that contributed to the crash.Saluda County: 3 deaths On Saturday afternoon, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported another person has died due to Helene.Two firefighters were killed in Saluda County when a tree fell on a firetruck, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster confirmed those deaths during a news conference on Friday afternoon.Newberry County: 2 deaths McMaster also said there were two storm-related deaths in Newberry County.Aiken County: 4 deaths South Carolina Department of Public Safety reports four deaths in Aiken.Chesterfield County: 1 deathThe South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported one death in Chesterfield as of Saturday afternoon.