Storm chaser Mike Scantlin describes the scene in Madeira Beach as "apocalyptic" ahead of powerful Hurricane Milton.
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00:00I'm Storm Chaser Mike Stantl
00:02on the ground in Madiera
00:05here right along the barri
00:11behind me here. We've got
00:13flying back and forth, la
00:15being escorted by patrol
00:17of debris. Now all this s
00:20from Hurricane Helene jus
00:21ago. What has reopened an
00:27evacuating. Most of what
00:30in Madiera Beach, not ope
00:33A lot of cleanup still ta
00:34people still reeling from
00:36Helene. And now we have C
00:39Milton with its site set
00:41here. So these people jus
00:43break. You know, with hur
00:46the year, they also got h
00:49was worse. And now this o
00:51could be even worse here
00:53storm goes north, that pu
00:55surge. If the storm comes
00:57have all the debris that'
00:59loose and piles along the
01:01debris everywhere, sand e
01:04an apocalyptic scene here
01:07with more extreme weather
01:10It's just worst case scen
01:12of that debris debris alr
01:15go flying in these winds.
01:18surge here with this one.
01:20storm goes north of here,
01:22gonna be really bad through
01:24we're hoping for the best
01:25for the worst here though
01:27for Accuweather. I'm stor