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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Hurricane Milton is dumping heavy rain along Florida's Gulf Coast after making landfall in Sarasota County, Florida. More than a million customers have lost power, and Governor DeSantis says there have been at least 116 tornado warnings and 19 touchdowns.
NPR's Sergio Martinez Bertran has more. The powerful, dangerous storm made a landfall at around 8.30 p.m. near Siesta Key, about eight miles south of Sarasota, Florida. According to the National Hurricane Center, the Category 3 hurricane has estimated maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. The landfall occurred way earlier than expected after shifting southward.
Hurricane Milton is expected to cross the peninsula and go over Orlando at hurricane strength before exiting into the Atlantic Ocean Thursday. Milton is expected to produce dangerous storm surges of up to 13 feet. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Fort Myers. President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu today as Israel vowed to respond to an Iranian missile attack.
The two leaders discuss Israel's offensive against Hezbollah-leap fighters in Lebanon and the new humanitarian concerns in Gaza. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports. The State Department says the U.S. has been holding urgent talks with Israeli officials about the increasingly dire humanitarian situation in northern Gaza. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, says the Israelis have been closing aid routes and adding more bureaucratic obstacles.
These restrictions would only have the effect of intensifying suffering in Gaza.
We need to see fewer barriers to the delivery of aid, not more of them. She's also expressing alarm about new evacuation orders, telling Palestinians to move south. But she says the conditions are squalid in what Israel calls a humanitarian zone. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. Honda is recalling more than 1.7 million vehicles because of a defect in the steering mechanism. Federal regulators say the issue could increase the risk for a crash.
NPR's Camilla Dominovsky has details. The recall includes the Acura Integra, Honda CR-V, and the Civic family, all from model year 2022 or newer. Honda thinks about 1% of recalled cars actually have the faulty part. It's a badly manufactured worm wheel, the part where the rotation from turning the steering wheel turns into turning a gear to turn the wheels.
Turns out, these defective worm wheels can swell. There's also a spring that's wound too tight. Add it up and you might get an abnormal noise and a sticky feeling when you turn the steering wheel. As usual, the safety recall fix is free. Camilla Dominovsky, NPR News. U.S. futures are mixed in after hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR.
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