STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 26-16 (Emergency Management - Extension of Executive Order 24-214 - Hurricane Milton) WHEREAS, on October 5, 2024, I issued Executive Order 24-214, declaring a state of emergency for thirty-five counties due to the severe weather, heavy rainfall, flash flooding, river flooding, and gusty winds caused by Tropical Storm Milton; and WHEREAS, on October 6, 2_024, I issued Ex~cutive Order 24-215, which amended Executive Order 24-214, and extended the state of emergency to fifty-one counties; and WHEREAS, the tropical system surged from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane in less than twenty-four hours on its trajectory in the Gulf of America; and WHEREAS, on October 9, 2024, Hurricane Milton made landfall as a dangerous category 3 hurricane along Florida's Gulf Coast near Siesta Key, about five miles west of Sarasota; and - WHEREAS, the affected areas are still recovering from the damage caused by Hurricane Milton; and WHEREAS, Executive Order 24-214, as amended by Executive Order 24-215, and subsequently extended, expires on January 24, 2026, unless extended; and WHEREAS, an extension of Executive Order 24-214, as amended by Executive Order ·; 24-215, is necessary because recovery efforts and those affected by this disaster require the continued support of the State of Florida.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by

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a) of the Florida Constitution and by the Florida 1 Emergency Management Act, as amended, and all other applicable laws, promulgate the follo\\<ing Executive Order to take immediate effect:

Section I. The state of emergency and all provisions of Executive Order 24-214, as amended by Executive Order 24-215, are renewed for sixty (60) days following the date of this Executive Order.

Section 2. Except as amended herein, Executive Order 24-214, as amended by Executive Order 24-215, is ratified and reaffirmed.

Section 3. This Executive Order is effective immediately. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, this 23rd day of January, 2026. (JlJ5 ' 2