Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola because of Hurricane Milton 

Washington — 

President Joe Biden is postponing a planned travel to Germany and Angola to stay astatine the White House to show Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down connected Florida's Gulf Coast, the White House announced connected Tuesday.

Press caput Karine Jean-Pierre said the alteration was indispensable "given the projected trajectory and strength" of the storm.

It was not wide erstwhile the travel mightiness beryllium rescheduled. Biden had promised to spell to Africa during his word successful office, which ends successful January.

Hurricane Milton weakened somewhat Tuesday but remained a ferocious tempest that could onshore a once-in-a-century nonstop deed connected the populous Tampa Bay portion with towering tempest surges and crook debris from Helene's devastation 12 days agone into projectiles.

Most of Florida's westbound seashore was nether a hurricane oregon tropical tempest informing arsenic the tempest and its 145 mph (230 kph) winds spun conscionable disconnected Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, creeping toward the state. With the tempest expected to stay reasonably beardown arsenic it crosses Florida, parts of the eastbound seashore were enactment nether hurricane warnings aboriginal Tuesday. Milton's halfway could travel ashore Wednesday nighttime successful the Tampa Bay area, which has a colonisation of much than 3.3 cardinal people.