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Laura and Basil Yorio found a surprising silver lining following their evacuation from Hurricane Milton. Upon returning home, they discovered something unexpected in their backyard.

A Florida ranch was destroyed when a tornado blew through the property on Wednesday, uprooting trees, ripping off the roof of a home and hurling vehicles across the street.

Florida deputies came to the rescue of a 91-year-old woman trapped in her home amidst the devastating floods of Hurricane Milton.

Video shot on Wednesday shows a tornado blasting through a neighborhood in Palm Beach Gardens, hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida.

A massive rescue operation was hailed as a success on Thursday after more than 500 people were rescued from a flooded apartment complex in Clearwater.

Several sinkholes were reported in Hillsborough and Polk counties following Hurricane Milton. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office warned residents to stay alert in the aftermath of the storm, as these features can expand without warning. Sinkholes can form during heavy rainfall events because the weight of the surface soil increases, leading to underground erosion and the creation of voids.

The captain of the boat was rescued by the Coast Guard on Thursday afternoon, floating in the Gulf about 30 miles from Longboat Key, clinging to a cooler and wearing a life jacket.

Residents of Bonita Springs, Florida, are coming home to find their homes and neighborhoods buried under feet of sand – an unwanted parting gift from the Gulf of Mexico's storm surge at the hands of Hurricane Milton.

Hurricane Milton left scars along a huge area of the Florida Peninsula over 24 hours with a trail of destruction from South Florida to Central Florida's east coast shores.

Milton's destructive force left a lasting mark on Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays' home ballpark.