Debris and remnants of Helene turn the streets of Tampa into a trap before Milton.

With only a few hours until Milton makes landfall in Florida, many streets in Tampa are filled with debris from the damage caused by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago.

A report by Cuban journalist Alexis Boentes from Telemundo 51 showed an area of the city where residents still have their furniture destroyed outside their homes.

"People took all their belongings, what was damaged, to the street, not imagining that less than two weeks later Milton would become the new threat," he said on his Instagram account.

The level of waste is so high that the authorities have asked the population to take the waste to the landfills themselves.

The collection brigades work tirelessly, but there is no guarantee that they will finish before the arrival of the phenomenon.

Another video shows how residents of Madeira Beach, in Pinellas County, are boarding up doors and windows of their homes in anticipation of flooding.

The mayor of Tampa, Jane Castor, sent a catastrophic announcement to the inhabitants of the city, urging awareness about the need to evacuate to prevent loss of human lives.

"Helene was a wake-up call. This is literally catastrophic. I can say without dramatizing at all that if you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you are going to die," she emphasized.

Eleven counties in Florida are under a mandatory evacuation, causing heavy traffic on Interstate 75. The mass exodus of people trying to get to safety has resulted in a 150% increase in traffic.

President Joe Biden warned the population of Florida that Milton could be the most devastating hurricane in the last century in the state, and urged them to evacuate to preserve life.

"I urge everyone in the path of Hurricane Milton to listen to local authorities and follow safety measures. If you are under evacuation orders, you must evacuate right now. You should have evacuated already. It is a matter of life and death, and it is not an exaggeration," emphasized Biden from the White House.

"It could be the worst hurricane to hit Florida in over a century and, God willing, it won't be, but that's how it seems right now," said the president.