Free Uber Rides Available to Floridians Evacuating to Hurricane Milton Shelters

Florida residents who are evacuating earlier Hurricane Milton is anticipated to marque landfall connected Wednesday tin get escaped Uber rides to and from exigency shelters, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mentioned the escaped Uber rides astatine a property league connected Tuesday greeting that was livestreamed connected YouTube.

“Florida has besides partnered with Uber for Hurricane Milton evacuation truthful you tin get escaped rides to and from shelters successful counties with progressive evacuation orders,” DeSantis said. “They did this with Hurricane Helene. They’re present doing it with Hurricane Milton. And truthful if you privation a escaped thrust to a shelter, you usage the promo codification MILTONRELIEF 1 word, MILTONRELIEF. So acknowledgment for Uber for stepping up and helping Floridians erstwhile they’re successful need.”

The database of disposable shelters is posted and updated perpetually connected FloridaDisaster.org. To usage the promo codification MILTONRELIEF, users request to unfastened the Uber app, tap connected Account astatine the bottommost close of the screen, and past pat Wallet.

The National Hurricane Center reported Tuesday day that portion the hurricane had weakened from a class 5 to a 4 overnight, it has since rebounded and is approaching 5 again. Tampa Bay is expected to get a tempest surge of 12-15 feet erstwhile the hurricane makes landfall connected Wednesday night. The politician of Tampa, Jane Castor, appeared connected CNN precocious Monday to pass astir conscionable however deadly Hurricane Milton is predicted to be.

“This is virtually catastrophic. And I tin accidental without immoderate dramatization whatsoever, if you take to enactment successful 1 of those evacuation areas, you’re gonna die,” Castor told CNN.

“Some of the predictions are saying that Pinellas County to the southbound of us, the full region is going to beryllium underwater. So this is thing that I person ne'er seen successful my life,” Castor said, stressing conscionable however historical this almighty tempest could be.

Gov. DeSantis mentioned astatine his property league connected Tuesday that galore edifice rooms successful the country present connection discounted rates for radical successful an exigency situation, noting that Expedia and Priceline some person portals for Florida residents who are evacuating that springiness a peculiar complaint for exigency accommodations.

“We person properties, the Rosen properties, Red Roof Inns, Alofts, La Quinta’s, Motel 6, Best Western, Holiday Inns. They’re each connected committee to beryllium capable to bash this and assistance Floridians erstwhile they’re successful need. So we admit you doing that,” said DeSantis.

Gov. DeSantis is encouraging radical who privation to donate to alleviation efforts to springiness to the Florida Disaster Fund.