Scenes From Florida in Hurricane Milton’s Wake
The storm made landfall Wednesday evening, devastating an area still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which tore through Florida’s western coast two weeks ago.
In Photos and Video
Scenes From Florida in Hurricane Milton’s Wake
The storm made landfall Wednesday evening, devastating an area still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which tore through Florida’s western coast two weeks ago.
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Hurricane Milton lashed the western coast of Florida with 120-mile-per-hour winds upon making landfall on Wednesday evening just south of Sarasota. The storm, which formed only four days before landfall, became one of the most intense hurricanes on record in the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm whipped barrier islands that were still recovering from Hurricane Helene two weeks ago and left about 2.1 million customers were without power. At least 14 people died, mostly in the eastern part of the state.
Friday, Oct. 11
Homes were damaged in Bradenton.
Dan DeBaun returned briefly to his house in Bradenton Beach to survey the damage.
A sign asking for relief in Port Charlotte.
People use a rope to rescue a pig from a flooded gas station.
Damage to homes in Manasota Key.
An egret walks past piles of debris in Bradenton Beach.
Long gas lines in Clearwater.
Amy Bishop was evacuated from her home by Pasco County fire and rescue and sheriff’s office teams in New Port Richey.
Thursday, Oct. 10
Streets are flooded from storm surge waters after Hurricane Milton hit Punta Gorda.
Donna Clark, 64, a resident of Lakeland, was rescued from floodwaters with her dog Jack.
Kristie Raffaniello, a store manager of an Ace Hardware store in Punta Gorda, surveyed damage with her son..
Sharon Manolis, 72, inside her Bradenton home, which had its roof blown off.
Tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton destroyed homes in the Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, a community of older mobile homes, in St. Lucie County on Florida’s Atlantic Coast.
Residents cleaned up debris in Fort Pierce.
Floodwaters in the Buccaneer Bay Mobile Home Community in Lakeland.
A speed limit sign submerged in storm surge waters in Port Charlotte.
When Hurricane Milton came ashore on Wednesday near Siesta Key, people who love the small barrier island worried about what they would find afterward.
Rich Conflitti, 65, surveyed the damage in his home in Port Charlotte.
Workers responded to a broken water line in Gulfport.
A mobile home park along the Little Econlockhatchee River in Orlando was flooded.
Marie Cook reacted to damage to her home in Wellington.
A crane collapsed in downtown St. Petersburg.
Residents were rescued from an apartment complex in Clearwater.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
Victor Gracia, 52, an employee at the Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel in Cape Coral, checked the hallways and the stairwells.
Families in Orlando sought shelter inside a school sports gymnasium.
A gas station in Orlando closed down ahead of the storm.
John Spicer, 53, of Sarasota, in a hotel that he evacuated to.
Ralph and Gayle Richardson watched weather updates in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express in Wesley Chapel.
Residents brought their dogs to a shelter at Middleton High School in Tampa.
A time-lapse video shows the storm surge engulfing a pool deck at a resort in Fort Myers Beach.
Construction workers installed plywood on the doors of a BJ’s Wholesale Club in Cape Coral.
People bought supplies as heavy rain hit Cape Coral.
A flood wall was erected around Tampa General Hospital.
A home in Tampa boarded up ahead of the storm.
People lined up for fuel at a gas station in Cape Coral.
A funnel cloud was seen swirling over the Florida Everglades.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Residents emptied the shelves of water at a store in Orlando.
A gas station ran out of fuel in Gainesville.
Traffic moved slowly on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville as residents evacuated.
Larry Flynn of St. Petersburg loaded up his van as he and his wife prepared to evacuate.
Residents in Venice filled sandbags.
Disney parks have closed through Thursday.
Preparations at SeaWorld in Orlando.
More on the Aftermath of Hurricane Milton
A Tale of Two Hurricanes: Helene in North Carolina and Milton in Florida were very different storms in very different places, leaving behind discrepant kinds of damage.
Mobile Homes at Risk: Millions of Americans, many poor and vulnerable, live in mobile and manufactured homes. Helene and Milton have exposed the risks climate change poses to them.
Hurricane Disinformation: Amid the conspiracy theories and falsehoods that have spiraled online after Helene and Milton, meteorologists say the harassment and threats directed at them have reached new heights.
Amplifying Insurance Crisis: After Helene and Milton, some small Florida companies risk bankruptcy. Larger ones will be in the hot seat with lawmakers and consumer groups.
Tornadoes Instead of a Hurricane: Milton’s death toll was highest far from the coast where it made landfall, in a retirement community where few were braced for destructive tornadoes.
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