Desperate Florida homeowner straps his entire HOUSE down ahead of deadly Hurricane Milton – and people are impressed

A DESPERATE antheral strapped his full location to the crushed arsenic Hurricane Milton hurtled towards Florida.

Mohammed Nijem anchored down his one-storey location successful Tampa with elephantine yellowish straps successful a frantic bid to halt it being blown oregon washed away.

A now-viral representation shows six monolithic straps pinned successful his beforehand tract and stretched implicit the apical of his property.

It was shared by his section quality outlet Spectrum Bay News 9 with the caption: "Viewer Mohammed Nijem is getting prepared for Hurricane Milton."

Social media users were near fascinated by Monhammed's utmost precaution - with immoderate dubbing him a "legend".

One idiosyncratic wrote: "I actually respect the effort. I anticipation it is effective."

Another added: "Bro secured his location similar a soft erstwhile moving. Absolute legend."

As Milton barrelled into Florida, it brought its deadly tempest surge to overmuch of Florida's Gulf Coast, including densely populated areas specified arsenic Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Fort Myers.

Milton plowed into the authorities connected Wednesday arsenic a Category 3 storm,  bringing misery to a seashore inactive ravaged by Helene.

It pounded cities with winds of much than 100mph and triggered a barrage of tornadoes.

But the hurricane - seemingly little destructive than feared - has present been downgraded to Category 1.

Officials had issued dire warnings to fly oregon look grim likelihood of endurance arsenic the hurricane swept towards Florida.

Cathie Perkins, exigency absorption manager successful Pinellas County, which sits connected the peninsula that forms Tampa Bay, said connected Wednesday: "This is it folks.

"Those of you who were punched during Hurricane Helene, this is going to beryllium a knockout.

"You request to get out, and you request to get retired now."

But by precocious afternoon, immoderate officials warned the clip had passed for specified efforts, suggesting that radical who stayed down hunker down instead.

Some counties were adjacent forced to suspend exigency services by the evening.

Flash flooding caused chaos successful the Tampa Bay area, with up to 16 inches of rainfall truthful far.

The entire extortion of the Tropicana Field's stadium was ripped off arsenic it suffered the wrath of the hurricane.

Shocking footage shows the extortion being torn isolated by ferocious winds.

The stadium - location to the Tampa Bay Rays - was being utilized arsenic a basal for thousands of exigency workers who acceptable up campy determination up of the hurricane.

More than 2 cardinal homes and businesses person been near without power.

And astatine slightest 125 homes person been destroyed aft Tampa Mayor Jane Castor's grim informing houses would beryllium turned into "coffins".

Two deaths person been confirmed by section officials successful St Lucie County, with aggregate others rushed to infirmary aft the hurricane spawned astatine slightest 19 almighty tornadoes.

Milton has sparked 126 tornado warnings successful Florida - the astir ever successful a azygous day.

Millions of terrified residents person fled the authorities aft President Joe Biden warned Milton would beryllium "one of the astir destructive hurricanes of the century".

But aft days of warnings of apocalyptic-style devastation, the hurricane appears to beryllium weaker than feared aft doubly making Category 5.

The tempest slammed into a portion inactive reeling 2 weeks aft Hurricane Helene flooded streets and homes successful occidental Florida and near astatine slightest 230 radical dormant crossed the South.

In galore places on the coast, municipalities raced to cod and dispose of debris earlier Milton's winds and tempest surge could flip it astir and compound immoderate damage.