Hurricane Milton marched across central Florida on Thursday after making landfall on the state's west coast hours earlier, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to nearly 2 million customers.
The storm made landfall around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kph) near Siesta Key, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
By early Thursday, wind speeds had fallen to a still-dangerous 150 kph, dropping Milton to a Category 1 hurricane, packing heavy rains and damaging storm surges.
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