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The hurricane spawned a deadly tornado outbreak and caused widespread flooding in Florida. As of October 21, 2024, Hurricane Milton killed at least 35 people: 32 in the United States and three in Mexico. Current damage estimates place the cost of destruction from the storm at US$34.3 billion. [9]
Those are still impressive path lengths; prior to Milton, only one hurricane-spawned tornado in recorded history tracked for more than 28 miles, a 53.4-mile twister in Louisiana from Hurricane ...
The tornado outbreak that Hurricane Milton spawned in Florida was a leading cause of death and damage from the storm. South Florida saw one of the strongest tornadoes in its history on Wednesday.
The 126 tornado warnings issued Oct. 9 ahead of Hurricane Milton's Florida landfall more than doubled any previous calendar day back to at least 1986.
Third-deadliest tornado event in Florida, behind those of February 2, 2007, and February 22–23, 1998. Produced at least two long-tracked tornadoes, including one of only two F4 tornadoes in Florida history, killing 11 people. Affected major urban areas in Tampa and Greater Orlando, but crossed the entire state as well.
As Milton tracks inland, hurricane-force winds reach east of I-75 and into Polk County overnight. There will be a path just north of the eye that receives 12-18 inches of rainfall.
Hurricane Milton's most violent tornadoes Three EF-3 tornadoes were documented in the storm surveys. The tornado that killed six in the community of Spanish Lakes, traveled more than 21 miles near ...
Milton made landfall at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on the state's western coast, a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph sustained winds amid a flurry of tornadoes it spawned. Hurricane Milton tracker ...