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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 3 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 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. Hurricane Milton brought unusually fierce ...
Hurricane Milton's tornadoes in Florida were a leading cause of death and damage from the storm. The U.S. has seen an abnormal number of intense tornadoes linked to hurricanes this year.
Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. EDT as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph sustained winds amid a flurry of tornadoes it spawned. It caused severe flooding and power outages ...
The outbreak was highlighted by a catastrophic, mid-morning F3 tornado that destroyed multiple neighborhoods in Milton, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 100 others. It was the deadliest tornado ever recorded in Florida until 1998. Overall, the outbreak killed 17 people, injured 105 others, and caused $3.38 million in damage.
The top tornado-producing storms on record include 2004’s Hurricane Ivan, with 118 tornadoes, 1967’s Hurricane Beulah with 115 tornadoes and 2004’s Hurricane Frances with 103 tornadoes.
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 ...