As dawn breaks in Florida, millions of people impacted by Hurricane Milton are waking up to find a changed landscape.
Palm trees bend in the wind after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida on October 9, 2024. Milton made landfall in Florida October 9, 2024 as an"extremely dangerous" Category 3 hurricane, packing life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center said."Data indicate the eye of Hurricane Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County along the west coast of Florida," the NHC said in an 8:30 pm bulletin.
Early Thursday morning was far too early for damage assessments or injury totals, but its clear that this was the biggest storm the area has seen in many years. Before Milton even made landfall, tornadoes were touching 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 some residents killed.
Heavy rains were also likely to cause flooding inland along rivers and lakes as Milton traverses the Florida Peninsula as a hurricane, eventually to emerge in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday. It is expected to impact the heavily populated Orlando area.flooded streets and homes in western Florida and left at least 230 people dead across the South.
Curnick said they started packing Monday to evacuate, but they couldn’t find any available hotel rooms, and the few they came by were too expensive.
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