President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Florida on Sunday to conduct an aerial tour of the areas impacted by Hurricane Milton and to receive a briefing from officials.Biden will land at Joint Base Andrews in Tampa and take an aerial tour of the affected areas while heading to St. Petersburg.Afterward, the president will receive an “operational briefing” from federal, state and local officials. Related: Video: Boat rescues family from severe flooding in Tampa after Hurricane MiltonBiden will later deliver remarks from St. Pete Beach before returning to Tampa. This comes after Biden approved a major disaster declaration for those affected by Hurricane Milton in Florida. The declaration will provide federal funding for multiple counties, including Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia.Read more: President Biden approves major disaster declaration for Florida following Hurricane MiltonWESH will stream the live new conference using the video player above. More: Tampa mayor says city ‘didn’t see expected storm surge’
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President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Florida on Sunday to conduct an aerial tour of the areas impacted by Hurricane Milton and to receive a briefing from officials.
Biden will land at Joint Base Andrews in Tampa and take an aerial tour of the affected areas while heading to St. Petersburg.
Afterward, the president will receive an “operational briefing” from federal, state and local officials.
Related: Video: Boat rescues family from severe flooding in Tampa after Hurricane Milton
Biden will later deliver remarks from St. Pete Beach before returning to Tampa.
This comes after Biden approved a major disaster declaration for those affected by Hurricane Milton in Florida.
The declaration will provide federal funding for multiple counties, including Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia.
Read more: President Biden approves major disaster declaration for Florida following Hurricane Milton
WESH will stream the live new conference using the video player above.
More: Tampa mayor says city ‘didn’t see expected storm surge’
