Dublin man waiting out Milton in Tampa says ‘a lot of damage’ expected in morning

A Dublin man and his family who waited out hurricane Milton predicted “there will be a lot of damage in the morning.”

Declan O’Beirne said lighting had struck a tree and cars had been hit by severed branches as he and his family lost power when Milton hit the area.

As the storm hit, he said about 3am Irish time, “Milton is pretty nasty.

“Gonna be a lot of damage by daylight here. Tampa will look beaten up by morning”

The family made the decision to stay put in their north Tampa home after Hurricane Milton took a ‘wobble’ south to leave them confident they would escape the worst of the terror storm.

Declan O’Beirne and his American wife, Leighanne, were joined by their son, Colin, and daughter, Ciara, who came to shelter at the house in the north of the bay from their own apartments in a more threatened area of the city.

As the hurricane hit his street, Declan said that while they were optimistic that they would escape the worst of the storm of the century, he was worried his home…

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