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Disney Parks in Orlando, Florida They closed their doors before arriving in the state Hurricane Miltondemoted to category 3. Walt Disney World said its theme parks Disney’s Animal
Disney Parks in Orlando, Florida They closed their doors before arriving in the state Hurricane Miltondemoted to category 3.
Walt Disney World said its theme parks Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios They closed today, Wednesday, at 1:00 pm local time, with Magic Kingdom, EPCOT and Disney Spring closing an hour later.
Walt Disney World theme parks ‘likely’ remain closed on Thursdayas Hurricane Milton crosses the Florida peninsula.
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As part of the closure, the Halloween party scheduled for next Thursday at Magic Kingdom has also been canceled.
People walk near Walt Disney World as Hurricane Milton approaches Orlando, Florida. Photo: EFE
In addition, Disney’s transportation services, as well as services in shopping and restaurant areas, have ceased operations today, Wednesday.
However, guests staying at Walt Disney World Resort will have access, albeit limited, to the company’s limited taxi services.
Likewise, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, located on the east coast of Florida, is located in “state of confinement”phase called HURCON, awaiting the impact of the Milton, which will make landfall on the central west coast of this state this evening.
“Kennedy entered HURCON I prior to the arrival of Hurricane Milton,” and the center “is now closed” with “access limited to essential personnel,” the space agency said in a statement.
“HURCON,” or Hurricane Condition, is a scale used by NASA and the U.S. Military to indicate the state of emergency preparedness when a hurricane approaches.
NASA and SpaceX have postponed until further notice the launch of the Europa Clipper mission, which was scheduled to lift off from Florida next Thursday, October 10, and has now been paused.
Hurricane Milton, which was designated a Category 5, continued to lose intensity today and downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 3, with maximum sustained winds of 195 km heading toward the west coast of Florida, where up to seven tornadoes and one hundred tornado warnings.
The system is located 100 kilometers west-southwest of Sarasota, on the west coast of Florida, and 275 kilometers southwest of Orlando, in the center of the state, moving northeast at 28 kilometers per hour and awaiting your arrival today In the evening.
The center is forecast to make landfall somewhere along Florida’s central west coast tonight, then cross the peninsula overnight and enter the Atlantic Ocean Thursday morning.
A September 8, 2024 image released this Wednesday by the International Space Station (ISS) shows the eye of Hurricane Milton over the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: EFE
Likewise, around 200,000 homes and businesses are already without power across the state, according to the power outreach website PowerOutages.
More than 30,000 people are staying in 149 shelters open throughout Florida.
At a news conference, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said open shelters could accommodate more than 200,000 people and again urged residents in mandatory evacuation zones to do so urgently.
About 7.3 million Floridians live in 15 counties under mandatory evacuation orders, but not all are able to evacuate, as are hospital patients or inmates in some prisons. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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