The Mayor of Bolton has been forced to leave part of Florida where he was enjoying a break with the Mayoress as a hurricane gathers strength. Cllr Andy Morgan and Mayoress Karen Holdsworth have been evacuated from Sanibel Island in Florida following the development of Hurricane Milton. Hurricane Milton has rapidly strengthened to become a Category 5 as it heads towards population centres in the US state of Florida , including Tampa and Orlando.
The hurricane threatens a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and sets the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after the catastrophic Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline. Cllr Morgan and the Mayoress who were evacuated from the island following an order from the mayor today (Monday October 7). Cllr Morgan said: “We stayed on Sanibel Island, a small island off the coast of Fort Myers.
“The mayor issued a mandatory evacuation order and we have made our way off the island to Napels and are now staying with friends at their apartment. “Mass evacuation orders in place over wide parts of the country’s in anticipation of Hurricane Milton making land fall early evening on Wednesday. (Image: Andy Morgan) “Everyone prepping just in case of power loss and flooding come Wednesday.
“We are in a second-floor apartment so hopefully all will be well but it is the local residents and businesses that will take the full force of the storm and so soon after storm Helene that affected the same areas a couple of weeks ago..
