Tampa mayor Jane Castor told CNN that if residents choose to 'stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re gonna die'.
Brendan Grace ’s widow Eileen has said she is sheltering in Boston after a Category 4 storm monster is set to make landfall across the US’s west coast.
But Eileen said she is currently staying in Boston with her daughter Melanie Grace Gillespie, where she has been living since 2008 with her two sons, James & Patrick. The potential “once in a lifetime” storm rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane on Monday with sustained winds surpassing 180mph, before slowing to Category 4 on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration on Monday after pledging “life-saving resources in advance of the storm,” the day prior.
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