Hurricane Milton: Terrified dog left tied to pole rescued by quick-thinking cops

A terrified canine could beryllium seen up to its tummy successful water, aft being tied to a obstruction station and near for dormant portion Category 5 Hurricane Milton barrels towards the cardinal loop of Florida

Millions of radical surviving successful Florida person already fled their homes arsenic the "storm of the century", Category 5 Hurricane Milton, bears down connected the state. But contempt authoritative warnings that anyone who stays successful the way of the 175mph tempest "will die", galore person reported hunkering down to weather retired the storm.

Many who person fled person near down each of their belongings and their homes, knowing that they mightiness ne'er instrumentality to them. Yet, successful societal media footage shared by Florida cops trying to support radical harmless up of the deadly devastating storm, it appears that 1 Floridian made 1 acheronian and hopeless choice, arsenic the grounds tempest closes successful connected the state's westbound seashore - tying their beloved canine to a obstruction station and abandoning it.

Quick-thinking police officers who spotted the stranded and miserable-looking pooch tied adjacent to a road got retired of their car to rescue it, contempt the winds increasing astir them. The dog, which appears to beryllium a bull terrier, tin beryllium seen quivering successful a ample puddle portion the benignant cops attack it.

Trying not to further terrify the animal, the constabulary officers dilatory locomotion up to the dog, which had been cruelly tied to a obstruction station astir 10 metre from the main road.

One serviceman says "it's good buddy, it's ok, it's ok," successful a reassuring dependable arsenic helium walks to the bull terrier, earlier adding "I don't blasted you" erstwhile the atrocious looking canine barked astatine him.

Sharing the rescue connected X, the authorities troopers said: "FHP Troopers rescued a canine near tied to a rod connected I-75 adjacent Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT bash this to your pets please."

People reacted to the video with horror, incapable to ideate doing specified a happening to their ain beloved pooches, with 1 shocked spectator saying: "Perhaps we find the proprietor and the troopers tin necktie them to the rod and permission them? Just a suggestion."

Hurricane Milton, which has built into a 175mph Category 5 tempest owed to lukewarm waters successful the Gulf of Mexico, volition marque landfall successful the heavy populated Tampa Bay country earlier heading westbound implicit Florida's cardinal belt. Here it is expected to weaken to Category 3, with winds of 130mph.