A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field, which was torn open by
Hurricane Milton, in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Oct. 10, 2024.
Hurricane
Milton continues to wreak havoc on Florida, even after a night of
extreme winds and storm surges that caused widespread destruction. Prior
to making landfall on Wednesday night, the storm triggered over a dozen
tornadoes, with at least one of them responsible for the first reported
fatalities from the hurricane.
Officials confirmed that four people were killed in St. Lucie County Wednesday when Milton spun up large tornadoes prior to landfall.
About 125 homes were destroyed before Milton even came ashore, Kevin Guthrie, the director of Florida Division of Emergency Management said. Many of the destroyed homes were mobile homes in communities for senior citizens, according to the Associated Press.
In this aerial view, floodwaters inundate a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on Oct. 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.
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