Former CTV Atlantic employee bracing for Hurricane Milton from his Clearwater home
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Former CTV Atlantic employee Eric Bungay who now works for a CBS affiliate in Tampa Bay is bracing for Hurricane Milton's arrival.
Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida as early as Wednesday night, with a potentially devastating blow to the Tampa Bay area.
The storm is so large that forecasters say it's likely to make a serious impact, regardless of where it makes landfall.
It comes less than two weeks after the area was pummelled by heavy rain, winds and storm surge from the eastern edge of Hurricane Helene. Residents are still cleaning up and assessing the damage from Helene.
Among those preparing for Milton’s arrival is Eric Bungay. A former Maritimer, Bungay spent many years working as a technical director at CTV Atlantic, known as ATV at the time, before he and his wife relocated to Florida.
Just before 7 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Bungay said the wind and rain was starting to pick up in his area and it was darker than usual.
“The course of the next 48 hours will be historic. Whether the hurricane moves south of us or not, there is some dispute U.S. models and Euro models as you know, I’m not going to be a meteorologist, but at this stage that’s what will determine what happens to Tampa Bay moving forward,” he said.
