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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media after a tour of the damage caused by Hurricane Milton on October 13, 2024 in St Pete Beach, Florida. Biden visited the area as it deals with back-to-back hurricanes that have caused extensive damage.

President Joe Biden announced while surveying storm-damaged Florida on Sunday that over $600 million will flow to states affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton, which ravaged Georgia and North Carolina as well.

During remarks in St. Pete Beach, a barrier island city off of St. Petersburg, Biden said nearly $100 million of the money would go toward improvements to Florida's power system. He noted it was his second time visiting the state in two weeks.

"Thankfully the storm's impact was not as cataclysmic as we predicted," Biden said. "But for some individuals, it was cataclysmic. All those folks who not only lost their homes, but more importantly, those folks who lost their lives, lost family members."

Biden spoke alongside St. Pete Beach Mayor Adrian Petrila and Pinellas County Chair Kathleen Peters, noting they both had suffered damage to their homes from the storms. "But they stepped up not only [to] look out for themselves, but to help other families, help their neighbors. You know, that's the resilience of the people of west Florida."

Florida officials have confirmed 17 deaths in Milton's aftermath following landfall near Tampa last week. Over a million residents are still without power because of the storm, which came on the heels of Hurricane Helene's impact on Sept. 26.

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