Hurricane Milton: Florida braces for storm's landfall with huge evacuation under way

Hurricane Milton has shocked experts with how quickly it intensified ahead of its expected landfall late on Wednesday or early Thursday, coming around two weeks after Hurricane Helene killed over 200 people in the US.

Given the potential destruction of the storm, President Joe Biden postponed an upcoming trip to Germany and Angola in order to oversee preparations for the storm - in addition to the ongoing response to Hurricane Helene.