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A woman takes a picture of an overturned semi truck that was flipped over during a tornado associated with Hurricane Milton, on October 12, 2024, in the Lakewood Park community of Fort Pierce ...
In addition to the fatalities, over 25 people required rescue during the tornado. [205] This became the deadliest tornado spawned by a tropical cyclone in history, [206] tied with an F2 tornado that also killed six during Hurricane Agnes in 1972. [207] A total of nine tornadoes struck the county, including three in the span of 25 minutes. [157]
Tornadoes are a concern during every land-falling hurricane, particularly across the northeast quadrant of the storm. But Florida saw a record number of warnings ahead of powerful Milton.
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.
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.
By Wednesday evening, more than 130 tornado warnings associated with Milton had been issued by National Weather Services offices in Florida. The appearance of tornadoes before and during hurricanes isn't unusual, scientists say, but the twisters' ferocity was.
An apparent tornado caused by Hurricane Milton, tore the awning off a 7-Eleven convenient store, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Cape Coral, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
The record-holder for tornadoes spawned by a hurricane is 120 with Hurricane Ivan in 2004. In 2023, Hurricane Beryl spawned 68 twisters. ... 18.87 inches of rain fell during Hurricane Milton. In ...