As Hurricane Milton batters Florida, three million lose power and mains water

Follow up - INA

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening along Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, unleashing powerful winds, deadly storm surge, and the threat of widespread flooding across much of the state.

More than 2 million customers lost power as Hurricane Milton carved a path through central Florida late Wednesday, according to PowerOutages.us. Deaths have been reported by police at the Spanish Lakes Country Club near Fort Pierce. Shocking images show how the roof of the iconic Tropicana Stadium has been ripped off from the power of the winds.


Hurricane Milton has torn through Florida, bringing tornadoes, floods, and storm surges. More than three million homes and businesses are without power, and there have been "many deaths" reported on the Atlantic coast.

In St Petersburg, on the west coast of the state, the water supply has been cut, a crane crashed into a newspaper building, and the roof of a Major League Baseball stadium was ripped off.


Some parts of the state are having 1-in-1000-year amounts of rain. Milton is moving into the Atlantic, but will still produce hurricane-force winds and heavy rain over land.