Evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton began Monday morning – less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene caused 12 deaths and flooded over 15,000 homes in Pinellas County. Commissioner Kathleen Peters noted that overwhelmed residents have just begun to rebuild from the previous storm, the worst in a century, at a Sunday afternoon emergency briefing. The National Hurricane Center expects Milton to inundate the area with an eight to 12-foot storm surge, nearly double Helene’s local impacts.