1. Hurricane Milton made landfall as a powerful category 3 storm in the Siesta Key area.
3. But even before Milton arrived, there was a tornado outbreak that meteorologist Jim Cantore called the “pregame.”
5. By evening, Gov. DeSantis confirmed that 19 tornados had touched down.
12. Here’s what the stadium looked like in the morning:
13. I don’t think that’s a view anyone ever expected to see:
15. Meteorologist Steve Petyerak captured this terrifying video of storm surge rushing into a parking garage:
19. Streets in South Tampa were littered with bricks:
South Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard is littered with bricks and barren trees as Hurricane Milton slammed into the state.
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— Spectrum Bay News 9 (@BN9) October 10, 2024
21. By daybreak, we were able to see what the damage from the storm actually looked like.
22. Here’s what that downed crane in St. Pete looked like:
23. The city of Tampa posted this picture of a wall ripped off of a building:
24. They also posted this picture of metal wrapped around a palm tree:
25. Boats littered the streets in Punta Gorda:
31. Here’s an aerial view of extensive flooding in Hillsborough County:
An aerial view of Dale Mabry captures the extensive flooding, a powerful reminder of the storm’s impact. Stay safe and avoid flooded areas as recovery efforts continue. pic.twitter.com/SbOCDUdGDQ
— HCSO (@HCSOSheriff) October 10, 2024
32. Millions of people are currently without power, but line workers have already started working on restoring it.
33. In many of these places, debris from Hurricane Helene still litter the streets.
34. Authorities are asking people to stay off the roads.
Please stay off the roads. We have pockets of flooding, downed power lines es and trees in the roads. These are from the Riviera Bay, Edgemoor area and Intersection of 45th Ave S and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr St S. pic.twitter.com/zegTC7VAhu
— St. Pete Police (@StPetePD) October 10, 2024
36. And the St. Pete Police are warning people to stay out of floodwaters because you never know what’s swimming around in there.
