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At slightest 16 fatalities person been reported successful transportation with Hurricane Milton, which roared onshore connected Florida's westbound seashore arsenic a Category 3 hurricane, bringing tornadoes, almighty winds and flooding rains.
The Category 3 hurricane swamped Florida's Gulf Coast connected Wednesday, conscionable 2 weeks aft Helene made a glancing blow.
The monster tempest forced millions to evacuate and near wide demolition crossed Florida. Some homes and neighborhoods are covered successful sand.
The Category 3 hurricane swamped Florida’s Gulf Coast connected Wednesday, conscionable 2 weeks aft Helene made a glancing blow.
The decease toll from Hurricane Milton roseate to 16 aft the Orange County Sheriff's Office reported the decease of a 60-year-old antheral connected Friday morning, who reportedly stepped connected a downed powerfulness enactment portion cleaning debris from the storm, officials said.
"On October 10, 2024, astatine 4:53 p.m., deputies responded to the 6600 artifact of Pine Island Place successful regards to an unresponsive man. When they arrived, they recovered a antheral successful his 60s who was deceased successful his yard. It appears the antheral stepped connected a downed powerfulness enactment portion cleaning debris from the storm," authorities said successful a property merchandise connected Friday. "This is inactive an progressive and ongoing investigation. We don't person immoderate further details astatine this time."
Other deaths related to the tempest see six deaths successful St. Lucie County, wherever a twelve tornadoes were reported; 4 storm-related deaths successful Volusia County; 2 deaths successful St. Petersburg; and 1 decease successful Citrus County, wherever Florida Highway Patrol said a antheral died aft colliding with a falling tree.
The strategy besides produced beardown tornadoes successful regions that were not straight deed by the hurricane itself.
At slightest 38 tornadoes were reported crossed Florida connected Wednesday, with much expected arsenic harm surveys continue. At slightest 126 tornado warnings were issued crossed the confederate fractional of Florida - a grounds for the authorities and the second-most of immoderate authorities successful the U.S. for 1 day, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
One of the victims successful hard-hit St. Lucie County was Debra Kennedy, 66, who was killed aft a tornado struck Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, a status assemblage successful Fort Pierce, her girl Brandi Smith told ABC News.
Twelve tornadoes were reported successful the region wrong 90 minutes connected Wednesday, prompting implicit 900 calls to 911, region officials said.
County Administrator George Landry praised the committedness of archetypal responders, saying, "During the storm, our exigency unit were virtually dodging tornadoes to scope residents."
The Category 3 hurricane swamped Florida's Gulf Coast connected Wednesday, conscionable 2 weeks aft Helene made a glancing blow.
A tornado that tore done Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, during Milton has been preliminarily rated EF-3 with winds of 140 mph, the National Weather Service successful Miami said Thursday.
"Several beardown tornadoes developed wrong rainbands associated with Hurricane Milton. This is the archetypal and precise preliminary EF standing for 1 of those tornadoes," the NWS said.
Four radical died successful Volusia County, connected Florida's eastbound coast, successful transportation with Milton, the section sheriff said.
Two died owed to fallen trees, according to Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood.
A 3rd idiosyncratic died from a bosom onslaught portion boarding up property, portion different went into cardiac apprehension and archetypal responders couldn't get determination successful clip during the storm, the sheriff said.
In Hillsborough County, which encompasses Tampa, implicit 725 radical arsenic good arsenic 128 pets were rescued from flood-prone areas, Sheriff Colonel Anthony Collins said.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said it received an unprecedented 356 exigency calls overnight.
Fire Rescue Chief Jason Ogden praised everyone who evacuated. No fatalities person been reported successful the county.
"Conditions person improved since yesterday evening, but there's inactive a batch of h2o connected the roads, downed trees and electrical lines everywhere," Ogden warned. "We person lifted the evacuation order, but I promote everyone to instrumentality location safely. The past happening we privation is an unintended decease oregon important injury."
