My Hurricane Milton Diary: The week I nearly lost everything

As Hurricane Milton tore through Florida this week a family documented their journey to safety

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Anne and Sam Frost are Brits who moved to Tampa in 2023. They have a five-month-old baby called Georgia.

On Monday, after learning that their town was in the route of the hurricane, they evacuated home and travelled to Jacksonville.

"I’ve never felt anything like this, to know by week’s end your whole world could be different, not in a good way and not by choice. It’s like grief without the death," Anne told the BBC.

While stuck in traffic with others fleeing, struggling to find gas and caring for their child they have been waiting and watching anxiously to see if they would lose their home.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxrly4pg18o

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