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The president of USA, Joe Bidensigned an emergency declaration on Monday to facilitate the sending of federal aid to the state of Florida before the arrival of idaliaa tropical storm that could become a hurricane before making landfall.
In addition, the president spoke this Monday by phone with the governor of Florida, the Republican Ron DeSantisto inform him that he had approved that declaration to help the state, indicated the spokesperson for the White House, Karine Jean-Pierrein a press conference.
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Biden have had a difficult relationship with DeSantiswho has implemented policies opposed to the vision of the president in several areas, such as migration, abortion and community rights LGTBIQ+.
Besides, DeSantis confronts other members of his party -such as former president donald trump (2017-2021)- to win the nomination for the 2024 presidential elections, in which Biden he is running for re-election.
The inhabitants of Florida are already preparing for the arrival of idaliaa tropical storm that is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday as a major hurricane on the west coast of this state, near where the hurricane did a little less than a year ago. hurricane ianwhich left death and destruction in its wake.
according to National Hurricane Center (NHC) of USAduring this same Monday Idalia, now with sustained winds of 65 miles / hour (100 kilometers / hour) and about 90 miles (150 km) south of the western tip of Cubait will become a hurricane and will continue on Tuesday over waters of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
The meteorologists of the NHC predict that in the early hours of Wednesday the center of Idalia will make landfall as “a dangerous major hurricane” on the west coast of Florida, somewhere in the strip that extends from the Bay of Tampa until Indian Passnorthwest of the state.
Source: Elcomercio
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