FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Firefighters rushed to free people trapped in rubble in Palm Beach County on Wednesday after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction in the region.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says at least 40 units of firefighters went to help people Wednesday afternoon while one of the tornadoes still was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 600,000 Central Florida customers are without power Thursday morning, after high winds from Hurricane Milton brought down utility lines throughout the region.

Volusia and Lake counties had the highest rate of outages in the region, with more than half of utility customers left in the dark after the storm roared ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricanes have always happened, at least for as long as we have records. But two major hurricanes in just two weeks, both hitting the Florida Gulf Coast, is highly unusual if not quite unprecedented. In 2004, two major hurricanes, Frances and Jeanne, made landfall 21 days apart in the exact same spot, Hutchinson Island.

But on barely...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that while Hurricane Milton has been destructive, it could have been a lot worse, as the state focused efforts on recovery hours after the storm moved away from the state.

Speaking from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, he said no official deaths have been reported yet, but ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state endured an assault of at least 19 tornadoes that resulted in multiple deaths. It never lost hurricane strength as it crossed the state exiting near Cape Canaveral on Thursday ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that while Hurricane Milton has been destructive, it could have been a lot worse, as the state focused efforts on recovery hours after the storm moved away from the state.

Speaking from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, he said no official deaths have been reported yet, but ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton ripped off large swaths of Tropicana Field’s roof late Wednesday, as the powerful storm tore through the Tampa Bay region.

Tattered pieces of the roof blew in the wind, shining under the exposed purple and white interior lights. The stadium’s catwalk was clearly visible from Interstate 275 — one of the ...Read more

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key just before 8:30 pm Wednesday evening as the Category 3 storm continued lashing the Gulf Coast with heavy rains, whipping winds while spinning off a string of tornadoes across much of the peninsula.

Milton’s eye had been pushing ashore for hours before the National Hurricane Center made the ...Read more

OCALA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton, the monster storm that was forecast to bring life-threatening storm surges, destructive winds and flooding to Florida, made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, an island off Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said.

A little before 9 p.m. EDT, the eye of the hurricane appeared...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state has endured an assault of at least 19 tornadoes that resulted in multiple deaths.

St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said the county had more than a dozen confirmed ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key just before 8:30 pm Wednesday evening as the Category 3 storm continued lashing the Gulf Coast with heavy rains, whipping winds while spinning off a string of tornadoes across much of the peninsula.

Milton’s eye had been pushing ashore for hours before the National Hurricane Center made ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night on Siesta Key west of Sarasota with a projected path that will bring it across Central Florida south of Orlando and out through Brevard County.

As of the special 8:30 p.m. Eastern time advisory, the center of Milton was located about 5 miles west of...Read more

OCALA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton, the monster storm that was forecast to bring life-threatening storm surges, destructive winds and flooding to Florida, made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, an island off Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said.

A little before 9 p.m. EDT, the eye of the hurricane appeared...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state has endured an assault of nearly 120 tornado warnings throughout the day.

The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the hurricane passed over the barrier island just west...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key just before 8:30 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday as the Category 3 storm continued lashing the Gulf Coast with heavy rains, whipping winds while spinning off a string of tornadoes across much of the peninsula.

Milton’s eye had been pushing ashore for hours before the National Hurricane Center...Read more

North Carolina’s lawmakers moved quickly to rush the first round of Hurricane Helene relief to the western part of the state devastated by flooding caused by the storm.

The General Assembly convened Wednesday to take up a $273 million bill that leaders describe as a “first step.”

Back in Raleigh for a one-day session, Republicans, who ...Read more

Gov. Roy Cooper vowed Wednesday that the state government will continue to provide the resources Western North Carolina communities need to recover from Tropical Storm Helene.

“This is a true all-hands-on deck moment,” Cooper said.

In a wide-ranging briefing, officials touched on a number of topics related to the Helene response.

Notably,...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton is nearing landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state has endured an assault of more than 120 tornado warnings throughout the day.

“The northern eyewall of Hurricane Milton is beginning to move onshore of the Florida gulf coast near ...Read more