The challenges Floridians are facing while trying to evacuate [Video]

Driving on highway shoulders, gas shortages and booked up hotels.Those are some of the complications Floridians are facing as they make and execute plans to leave their homes under the largest evacuation order they’ve seen since 2017. They’re bracing for Hurricane Milton less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene pummeled Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 storm, leaving at least 20 dead in the state with officials warning Milton’s impact could be even more severe and far-reaching.“I can say without any dramatization whatsoever, if you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re going to die,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Monday, strongly urging residents to heed the warnings before it’s too late.The state’s Division of Emergency Management is preparing for the largest evacuation since 2017, Director Kevin Guthrie said Sunday at a news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who declared a state …