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United States President Joe Biden will travel to Florida on Sunday to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Milton, which left a path of destruction that left at least 16 people dead, severe flooding and thousands more dead. homeless people electricity.

The White House said in a brief statement that the president would visit areas of Florida affected by the hurricane. The program and details of the visit will be announced later.

The hurricane made landfall Wednesday evening in Siesta Key, near Sarasota, with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour, a Category 3.

Milton is the second hurricane to reach Florida in nearly two weeks, after powerful Hurricane Helen hit the state’s northwest on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane and left a trail of devastation and death in six states of Florida. state of the southeastern USA.

EFE