Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced at a press conference on Saturday that three gas stations will provide free fuel to state residents after multiple cities were affected by Hurricane Milton.
The three locations are in Plant City, Bradenton, and St. Petersburg, Florida.
“We just want to make sure people get what they need,” DeSantis told reporters.
As of Friday, 29 percent According to GasBuddy, out of 7,915 fuel pumps in Florida are out of service. Hundreds of people are returning to their homes or leaving the area, but many do not have the option to buy the gas they need to make the trip.
Before the hurricanes, DeSantis predicted there would be no gas shortages, but that quickly changed when power plants in the Sunshine State lost power.
“If they [gas stations] If you don't have the power to move the pump, that's an academic problem,” DeSantis said at a news conference. press conference. “What we’re doing at Florida State, Kevin Guthrie [Executive Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management] And his team has a deployable generator. ”
Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm, two spots lower than expected. However, the rain caused massive flooding and damage, power outages, tornadoes, and submerged cars as well as homes.
Search and rescue teams began operations Thursday morning, raising the death toll in Milton to 10.
