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Storm surge could reach 10 feet in Fort Myers and 7 feet in Naples. Because of Milton’s large size, tropical storm-force winds are expected across nearly all of Florida.
Category 3 Milton, which made landfall at Siesta Key just before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday with 120 mph winds, brought life-threatening storm surge, pounding winds and power outages to counties across ...
Satellite images show the extent of the damage from Hurricane Milton, which spawned tornadoes across Florida and struck the state as a Category 3 hurricane.. The fatal storm surge that forecasters ...
Here’s what the aftermath from Hurricane Milton looked like in parts of the hardest-hit areas of Florida.
The National Hurricane Center’s peak storm surge forecast map released on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall somewhere along the state’s west coast.
A reverse storm surge occurred in Tampa, however, dropping water levels by 5 ft (1.5 m). [155] Seven people were killed in St. Lucie County, [156] four in Volusia County, two in Pinellas County, and one each in Citrus, Polk, and Orange counties. [157] [158] One person was killed in Ormond Beach due a tree falling into a roof. [159]
The strong winds left widespread wind damage, with fallen trees and power lines, damaged roofs, and lost crops. About 98% of South Florida lost power during the storm. A significant storm surge – estimated around 9 ft (2.7 m) near Marathon – inundated the Florida Keys. Rainfall during the storm reached 13.26 in (337 mm) at Kennedy Space Center.
Hurricane Milton was tracking away from Florida Thursday morning, hours after the dangerous Category 3 storm brought a "life-threatening" surge and catastrophic winds that left over 3 million ...