Biden to visit Hurricane Milton-ravaged Florida with damage estimates 'around $50 billion'

President Biden volition sojourn areas impacted by Hurricane Milton successful Florida connected Sunday, the White House announced.

The quality comes aft Biden announced that aboriginal estimates suggest the harm caused by Hurricane Milton could full $50 billion.

"And, you know, this is the 3rd large tempest — 3rd large tempest to deed California — I mean, excuse me, Florida, successful 3 months," Biden told reporters connected Friday. "And experts estimation that arsenic — and it’s aboriginal — aboriginal estimates — it could beryllium more, it could beryllium little — but estimates that it’s caused damages astir $50 cardinal from Hurricane Milton unsocial — conscionable alone, $50 billion."

The White House did not specify which areas Biden volition sojourn Sunday.

"I privation everyone successful the impacted areas to cognize we're gonna bash everything we tin to assistance you prime backmost up the pieces and get backmost to wherever you were," the president said.

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President Biden is scheduled to sojourn Florida connected Sunday to survey the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Biden told reporters that if Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was available, helium would similar to conscionable with him during his visit.

"I’ve spoken to him. If he’s available, yeah. He’s been precise cooperative. I’ve had nary — we’ve had — we got connected very, precise well," Biden told reporters.

President Biden speaks connected the archetypal impacts of Hurricane Milton successful the South Court Auditorium astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Thursday. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Milton touched down arsenic a Category 3 tempest with 120 mph winds connected Wednesday nighttime earlier carving a way of demolition passim Florida and impacting residents with almighty winds and tempest surge.

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The hurricane near implicit 3 cardinal radical without power, but by Friday, powerfulness enactment workers had restored powerfulness to 1 cardinal people, Biden said.

"Look, it’s a squad effort. I cognize that sounds corny, but it truly is simply a squad effort and everybody successful the crippled here," helium said. "We’re looking astatine it precise seriously, and we’re moving together. And it’s made a large difference. I deliberation we’ve saved lives — not me, but we, each of those folks retired successful the field, person saved lives."

Damage from Hurricane Milton is seen successful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, connected Thursday. (Mike Glynn)

Biden's travel to Florida is the 2nd clip successful 10 days that the president volition interaction down successful the storm-ravaged state.

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He visited Florida connected Oct. 3 pursuing Hurricane Helene to survey the harm successful the state's Big Bend region. Prior to visiting Florida, Biden surveyed the harm successful the Carolinas.

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