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Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state has opened three fuel distribution sites and plans to open several more.
Residents of Cortez , a fishing village of 4,100 along the northern edge of Sarasota Bay , are cleaning up their homes.
"Everything is shot," says Mark Praught , a retired street sweeper for Manatee County , who saw 1.2-meter storm surges during Helene.
Milton killed at least 10 people after it made landfall as a Category 3 storm, flooding barrier islands.
Some 1.3 million Floridians still without power by Saturday afternoon .
DeSantis: "We sent a big request and we got approved for what we wanted" Moody's Analytics estimates economic costs from the storm will range from $50 billion to $85 billion .
National Weather Service Meteorologist says rivers will "keep rising" for the next four or five days .
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