President Joe Biden offered his first remarks Sunday on what is now Hurricane Milton as it creeps toward Florida, where it is predicted to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. "... I have been briefed on Tropical Storm Milton as it strengthens across the Gulf of Mexico and the work my Administration is doing to pre-position life-saving resources in advance of the storm,

Biden's decision comes as local officials have begun ordering the evacuation of what could end up being hundreds of thousands of people.

President Biden on Monday signed a disaster declaration for Florida as Category 5 Hurricane Milton approaches its coast, marking the second major storm to hit the state in recent weeks.