Florida starts to assess Hurricane Milton destruction as 3 million without power

Florida starts to assess Hurricane Milton destruction as 3 million without power

State battered by category 3 storm overnight with 10ft storm surge, 120mph winds and tornadoes

Hurricane Milton – live updates

More than 3 million Floridians are without power as officials begin to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Milton, a category 3 storm that flashed across a central swath of the state overnight on Wednesday.

Parts of Sarasota, Fort Myers and other Gulf coast cities were inundated by up to 10ft of storm surge while tornadoes wrecked buildings, including a sheriff’s department facility, the skies turned purple and winds as high as 120mph turned cars, trees and debris into projectiles.

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