The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, expressed his solidarity this Wednesday with the people of the United States, due to the passage of Hurricane Milton, which according to weather forecasts will arrive in the state of Florida.
“It is truly terrifying, from here we convey all our solidarity and especially to the people of the state of Florida, there are many Venezuelans there,” he expressed.
Maduro commented that in these cases it is necessary to respond to the calls to evacuate this entire territory, “look how Hurricane Helen damaged North Carolina, and this is what we see in the world.”
The president indicated that without being “catastrophists,” science has pointed this out since the 1980s. “Fidel Castro said it in 1992 as a prophet and the powerful people of the world did not want to do anything.”
He argued that now the powerful people of the world, like “Elon Musk (owner of the Only they can save, although they should use all that force to reverse the climate emergency we are experiencing.
He maintained that Venezuela is working to mitigate all these phenomena of droughts and extreme rains, with investment through scholarships that have positively impacted engineering, architecture, digital transformation, cybersecurity, oil, petrochemicals and renewable energies and environmental sciences. sea.
The monstrous hurricane
Milton is a monstrous hurricane that will bring violent storm surges and generate mass evacuations, as it moves towards Florida. Authorities have activated emergency protocols and accelerated evacuations. Severe flooding is expected in the coming hours. Coastal communities are in serious danger of being affected by the direct impact, said the United States National Hurricane Center.
This hurricane not only poses a threat due to its ferocious winds, but also due to the possibility of generating deadly storm surges. These would occur mainly in areas near the eye of the storm, accumulating water quickly and violently on the coasts.
