Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction in Florida after making landfall on Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm. The monster hurricane slammed into the state's west coast, near Siesta Key in Sarasota County,

After making landfall in Florida with a Category 3 status, Hurricane Milton had weakened to a Category 1 storm early Thursday morning. As of 4 a.m. Eastern Time, Milton had maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and was "moving offshore" as it neared Cape Canaveral,

Hurricane Milton has plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged by Helene, pounding cities with winds of over 100 mph after producing a barrage of tornadoes