Florida Republican Governor and man who’s suddenly shorter after ending his presidential campaign Ron DeSantis has declared a “major state of emergency” for Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade and Sarasota Counties after a string of thunderstorms dumped massive amounts of rain on South Florida, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. DeSantis put the state National Guard on alert, as well as State Guard, which is his personal security force the Republican legislature authorized in 2022.