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Ron DeSantis: “The first major [hurricane] to make a landfall on Florida in…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at APCIA Annual Meeting in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 06:44

In 2016 of the east coast with Matthew and then we had her mean which was, you know, relatively modest by Florida standards for sure in 2016. So we did have those two. But really The first major [hurricane] to make a landfall on Florida in over a decade was Irma in 2017. And the way that did it did a lot of damage kind of just throughout the state. And then Hurricane Michael in 2018. So I became governor in 2019. (06:44–06:51)

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Asserts that Hurricane Irma in 2017 was the first major hurricane to make landfall in Florida in over a decade.

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