US president Joe Biden said on Tuesday he had spoken to Florida governor Ron DeSantis, as southern states brace for Hurricane Idalia to make landfall.
Biden told reporters at the White House that he spoke to DeSantis “last night”, remained in “constant contact” and was “providing everything [DeSantis] could possibly need”.
The Florida governor has temporarily halted campaigning for president to deal with the coming storm.
Meteorologists expect the hurricane to make landfall on Florida’s northern Gulf coast on Wednesday morning. They have warned that it could come ashore as a Category 3 storm, with wind gusts exceeding 100 miles per hour.
