Hurricane Milton disrupts Yom Kippur plans for Jews in Florida [Video]

Many Jews worldwide will mark Yom Kippur in fasting and prayer at their synagogues this weekend.Video above: Federal teams assessing damage caused by Hurricane MiltonBut for the faithful in Florida, destructive Hurricane Milton has disrupted plans for observing the Day of Atonement — the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith — that begins Friday evening and caps off the High Holy Days that began with Rosh Hashana on Oct. 2.Across the storm-threatened areas, rabbis and their congregants spent part of the Days of Awe — the span between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur — protecting their homes and synagogues as Milton churned off the coast, spiraling into a Category 5 storm. Many — though not all — evacuated, heeding the voluntary and mandatory orders, and found safekeeping for their synagogues’ Torah scrolls and themselves.Milton hit Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a Category 3 cyclone, with damaging …