"For some individuals, it was cataclysmic," Biden said of Milton during his speech. "All those folks who probably lost their home, and, more importantly, those folks who lost their lives, lost family members, lost all their personal belongings."
Biden announced $612 million for six Department of Energy projects to improve the resilience of electric grids in areas affected by hurricanes. This includes $94 million for two projects in Florida.
As part of his visit, Biden toured St. Pete Beach, where entire buildings were torn down, bent palm trees and piles of debris still litter the streets.
Some 850,000 customers across the state are still without power, according to PowerOutage.us, as of 3 p.m. ET — down from more than 3 million that lost power after Milton hit.
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