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“There’s a lot of cleanup that needs to be done, but I expected worse,” said 59-year-old Michelle Simmons, who rode out the storm Wednesday in her third-floor Sarasota apartment. And 53-year-old Maurice Williams said he was glad he heeded the advice of local officials and evacuated from Sarasota before the storm swept through town. “We kind of got lucky,” Williams said. “This is Florida,” Roxby said. “We are so lucky and relieved.”Matt Lavietes reported from Sarasota and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.

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☆ Despite last-minute cleanup efforts, debris piles remain a threat during Hurricane Milton
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TAMPA, Florida — Towers of trash still littered the Florida landscape Wednesday as Hurricane Milton barreled towards the Gulf Coast and garbage haulers suspended efforts to remove debris that could be dangerous in high winds left over from Hurricane Helene. Garbage haulers suspended efforts to remove debris that could be dangerous in high winds left over from Hurricane Helene. "A lot of our contractors have gone to prep for Hurricane Milton. “Just to get that household debris out of the way so Milton doesn’t pick it up and use it as a weapon," Castor said. Joseph Malinowski was riding out Milton the same way he rode out Helene — on his sailboat tied to a pier in Tampa Bay.

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