US President Joe Biden has postponed his trip to Germany where he was scheduled to meet with Western leaders at the Ukraine Defense Contact group this weekend, as a series of hurricanes has battered the American South. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday that Biden has decided to reschedule his upcoming trips to both Germany and Angola because of Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday night.
Biden will instead oversee preparations for and the response to Hurricane Milton, in addition to the ongoing response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast. The first of the two hurricanes hit Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast on Sept. 27, causing significant destruction as it continued its northbound trajectory into North Carolina and Tennessee, resulting in over 220 deaths.
Hurricane Milton is expected to bring further devastation as it approaches the same coastal metropolis by Wednesday evening.
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