Day: October 9, 2024

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office reports there was widespread damage along the Treasure Coast including at the sheriff’s department. Deputies said they were aware of multiple fatalities in a community around Fort Pierce.

Hurricane Milton slammed the Tampa-St. Petersburg area with over 100 mph wind gusts and torrential rain, knocking out power to well over a million in the metro area and damaging Tropicana Field.

Photos shot in the West Palm Beach area show damage from a tornado that formed as Hurricane Milton approached Florida Wednesday.

Hurricane Milton made landfall late Wednesday evening south of Tampa on Wednesday evening. The hurricane brought storm surge flooding and a tornado outbreak, which produced more than a dozen twisters across central and southern Florida.

A video shared by the Florida Highway Patrol shows a dog abandoned along Interstate 75 north of Tampa Wednesday morning, as Hurricane Milton moves closer to the Sunshine State.

As if historic storm surge and hurricane-force winds weren’t enough, residents of Fort Myers had to deal with even more crazy weather from Milton as a tornado was said to have plowed a neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon.

Outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already impacting Florida ahead of landfall, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds and tornadoes.