The Tampa Bay Rays say it may take weeks to fully assess how much damage was done to Tropicana Field, which saw its roof ripped to shreds by the force of Hurricane Milton as the deadly storm barreled across much of Florida. The team said no one was injured when the St. Petersburg ballpark was struck by the storm on Wednesday night.
At least 18 people killed in Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut. A strike on Gaza school kills 27Milton knocks out power to millions and spawns tornadoes across Florida . At least 5 deadTrump's small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigueBiden tells Trump to 'get a life, man' and stop storm misinformationThe Jacksonville Jaguars say their flight to London will be delayed because of Hurricane Milton Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature.
“They were relocated,” DeSantis said at a Thursday morning news conference. “Tropicana Field is a routine staging area for these things. The roof on that ... I think it’s rated for 110 mph and so the forecast changes, but as it became clear that there was going to be something of that magnitude that was going to be within the distance, they redeployed them out of Tropicana. There were no state assets that were inside Tropicana Field.
The NHL said Thursday that Saturday’s Lightning game against the Carolina Hurricanes was postponed “amid recovery efforts in the Tampa Bay area from the impact of Hurricane Milton.” Instead, the Magic scheduled a practice in San Antonio on Thursday and have tentative plans to fly back to Orlando on Friday. A preseason game that was to be played Friday in Orlando between the Magic and the New Orleans Pelicans was canceled and will not be rescheduled.
Weather Orlando Magic Storms Natural Disasters General News Hurricanes LA State Wire FL State Wire Florida U.S. News MLB Baseball S NBA Basketball New Orleans Pelicans A Hurricane Milton N Sports U.S. News
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
PHOTOS: Tampa Bay Rays Ballpark Has Roof Destroyed By Hurricane MiltonHurricane Milton made landfall on the west coast of Florida earlier than expected on Wednesday, with Tropicana Field taking a serious beating.
Read more »
Hurricane Milton Destroys Roof of Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana FieldHurricane Milton's deadly winds destroyed the roof of the Tampa Bay Rays' ballpark, Tropicana Field.
Read more »
Caught on Camera: Hurricane Milton shreds roof of Tampa Bay Rays' stadium in St. PetersburgThe fabric roof over the home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was ripped to shreds after Hurricane Milton came ashore in Florida on Wednesday night, bringing wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and flooding parts of the state.
Read more »
Roof of Tropicana Field, home of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays, ripped open by Hurricane MiltonTropicana Field, the home of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays, was seen with its roof completely decimated as Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday night.
Read more »
Hurricane Milton damages roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay RaysMilton was moving across Florida with wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and several inches of rain forecast for some areas.
Read more »
Update: Roof of Tampa Bay Rays Ballpark Completely Taken Off in Hurricane MiltonHurricane Milton made landfall on the west coast of Florida earlier than expected on Wednesday, with Tropicana Field taking a serious beating.
Read more »