Ben Madilynn
“We are participating in state-level planning calls to support temporary shelters in Georgia for evacuees from Florida. IFAW disaster responders remain in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene supporting co-located shelters and will remain to help with recovery efforts.”
Florida Aquarium relocates penguins
With storm surge forecasts up to 3 metres in Tampa’s downtown region, officials at the Florida Aquarium have moved nine African penguins from their first-floor habitat to higher ground, along with moon jellies, six snakes, three lizards, three turtles, two alligators, two toads, and a hermit crab.
An endangered pillar and elkhorn coral is being relocated to Georgia, West Palm Beach, and Miami.
A sea turtle that was impacted by Hurricane Helene has also been transported to the Aquarium, where it can take shelter.
A sea turtle that’s still recovering from Hurricane Helene will be riding out Hurricane Milton in safety at The Florida Aquarium (The Florida Aquarium/supplied)
Tampa Zoo
The Tampa Zoo has also been busy keeping its animals safe.
Twelve flamingoes have been relocated, and birds are being moved to shelters that can withstand the wind, an official for the zoo told Wild 94.1.
