Scott Bennett, a contractor who specializes in storm recovery, uses a skid steer to remove sand around 5 feet deep from the patio of a beachfront condominium in Venice, Fla., following the passage of Hurricane Milton, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Ron and Jean Dyer, high school sweethearts who have been married for 60 years, joke together as they talk in the living room of their second-floor beachfront condominium, which lost its roof and a section of wall during Hurricane Milton, in Venice, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Vehículos forman largas filas para conseguir combustible en una estación recién abierta tras el paso del huracán Milton, el sábado 12 de octubre de 2024, en Plant City, Florida. (AP Foto/Chris O'Meara)

Catherine Praught stands inside her damaged home from Hurricane Milton in Cortez, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

Mark Praught stands inside his storm-damaged home from Hurricane Milton in Cortez, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

Jen Hilliard shovels sandy muck into a wheelbarrow outside a friend’s house after Hurricane Milton, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Bradenton Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

Jen Hilliard dumps sandy muck from a wheelbarrow in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, outside a friend’s house in Bradenton Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

Don Glass stands his at his home, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Bradenton Beach, Fla., which saw flooding from Hurricane Helene and wind damage from Hurricane Milton two weeks later. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)