Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm, tore through Florida on Wednesday night, leaving millions stranded without power. There were four deaths confirmed in St. Lucie County, on the Atlantic coast, as of the morning of Thursday, October 10.
Hurricane Milton dropped more than 18 inches of rain in St. Petersburg.
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) October 10, 2024
Here's a look at rainfall totals across Florida from Milton. pic.twitter.com/f88jUp36dT
Nearly 7 inches of rain has fallen in 1 hour in St. Petersburg, Florida, a more than 1-in-1,000-year rain event.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) October 10, 2024
A month's worth of rain falling in one hour. Catastrophic flooding ongoing. pic.twitter.com/EAoitvftHC
More than 10 million people have been at risk of flash and river flooding, and over three million Floridians are without power. President Biden said that 1,000 Coast Guard members had been deployed for assistance.
Here's some footage that shows the devastation the hurricane has caused in Florida so far.
The roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, was ripped apart by Hurricane Milton. pic.twitter.com/JdIomWdTnZ
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) October 10, 2024
Intense and dangerous storm surge in #Sarasota. Unbelievable. Some drivers struggling to get out. Live on AccuWeather TV & NOW Streaming @accuweather @AccuRayno @RealJonPorter #FLwx pic.twitter.com/ba7wBmFsIv
— Bill Wadell (@BillWadell) October 10, 2024
Speechless. We are at the entrance to our Tampa Bay Times office in downtown St. Petersburg.
— Max Chesnes (@MaxChesnes) October 10, 2024
A crane is blocking the road, and several stories up, smoke billows out of the building from where it appears the crane fell
Smell of gas in the air and you can hear alarms #MILTON pic.twitter.com/RxUDTWd9md
Storm surge home inundation Venice Bay, FL along the river from Hurricane Milton pic.twitter.com/ZHQijUbMrY
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) October 10, 2024
This is the construction crane that collapsed and fell into the Tampa Bay Times building. The damage to the building is catastrophic collapsing multiply floors. The water lines broke flooding the building. #flwx #HurricaneMilton #SaintPetersburg pic.twitter.com/4gyh8HQtsF
— Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) October 10, 2024
One of my security agents inside @tropicanafield pic.twitter.com/eFyHOvPZQm
— Ryan Stryker (@Stryker175) October 10, 2024
Avenir neighborhood in Palm Beach Gardens @NWSMiami #florida #milton pic.twitter.com/qnotrsSE27
— Brooke Silverang (@WPBF_BROOKE) October 9, 2024
