Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, whipping up…
Hurricane Milton walloped Florida, spawning tornadoes, knocking out power for millions, putting millions more at risk of flooding and causing at least 12 deaths.
As of Thursday morning, more than 3 million customers in Florida had lost power, according to data fromFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that Hurricane Milton was a significant storm but not “the worst case scenario.” The deadly storm surge feared for Tampa never materialized, though the storm dumped up to 18 inches of rain in some parts of the area, the governor said. The worst storm surge appeared to be in Sarasota County, where it was 8 to 10 feet.
Farther south, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office reported localized flooding and storm surge, and Lorraine Anderson, the public information officer for Venice Beach, said on CNN that the area saw an estimated 6 to 7 feet of storm surge, far below the feared 15. Flooding continued in Hillsborough County, on Florida’s west coast, and in St. Johns, near Jacksonville and the Little Wekiva River in the Orlando region, said Kevin Guthrie, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director.
There were more than 2,270 U.S. flight cancellations as of Thursday afternoon, according to tracking serviceBefore Milton even made landfall, 150 tornadoes touched down across the state. The Spanish Lakes Country Club near Fort Pierce, on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, was hit particularly hard, with homes destroyed and two residents killed.
Tom Reynolds, 90, said the tornado “picked up a car and thrown it across the road.” It also blew a house into another street, temporarily blocking it. Reynolds spent Thursday morning sweeping out the four feet of mud and water the surge deposited in his two-story home and collecting the large chunks of his home’s aluminum siding that had been ripped off by the tornado. He said plans to clean up his house, which he built three decades ago, get it fixed and stay.
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