Hurricane Milton threatens to wreak havoc in Florida

Millions of Florida residents have been ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Milton is on course to make landfall on the west coast of the state at some point late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning local time.

US President Joe Biden has called on Florida residents to take heed of the warnings, adding that the storm could turn into the worst natural disaster to hit the state in a century.

The hurricane weakened slightly to a Category 4 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico early…