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The fury has been supercharged by prominent figures online including far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene who insisted 'they can control the weather' as Hurricane Milton began its approach on Sunday. WLNS Morning Meteorologist Katie Nickolaou is among those who have been deluged with threatening messages after trying to debunk the theories. 'Murdering meteorologists won't stop hurricanes,' she tweeted. 'I can't believe I just had to type that.'

Hurricane Beryl intensified quickly into a major hurricane and is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges starting Sunday night, the National Hurricane Center announced Saturday. It already has sustained wind speeds of up to 80mph, according to Backpirch Weather , which called the rapidly growing storm 'unreal.'

During Thursday night's storms in Alabama, seven people died in Alabama, two in Georgia, and two in Georgia, including a five-year-old boy who was killed when the car he was in was struck by a fallen tree. The death toll may increase. On Friday, Kay Ivey, Alabama's governor, toured Selma and expressed surprise at the extent of the wretchedness. It was'much worse than what I had imagined,' she said.' 'Roofs are just gone, trees look like toothpicks,' she said.' On Friday afternoon, at least 33,400 homes and businesses in Alabama and Georgia remained without electricity. The storms also struck Kentucky.