U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the federal government response to Hurricane Helene and preparations for Hurricane Milton, as he sits between U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2024. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged those who have been ordered to leave before Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida to "evacuate now", saying it was a matter of life and death.
"This could be the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century, and God-willing it won't be, but it's looking like that right now," Biden said.
Biden added that he has approved pre-landfall emergency declarations in Florida and is calling on airlines to accommodate evacuations and not engage in price-gouging.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason, Katharine Jackson, David Ljunggren)
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