(10 Oct 2024)
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Anna Maria Island, Florida – 10 October 2024
1. STILL of water and debris left by Hurricane Milton
2. STILL of a house toppled off its stilts
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St. Petersburg, Florida – 10 October 2024
3. STILLS of the roof of the Tropicana Field damaged
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Sanford, Florida – 10 October 2024
4. STILL of a woman walking past an uprooted tree
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Clearwater, Florida – 10 October 2024
5. STILL of a car submerged
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Palmetto, Florida – 10 October 2024
6. STILL of a woman surveying damage to her home
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Clearwater, Florida – 10 October 2024
7. STILL of people awaiting being rescued from an apartment complex
8. STILL of people being rescued
STORYLINE:
Rescue teams plucked Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton on Thursday after the storm smashed through coastal communities where it tore homes into pieces, filled streets with mud and spawned a barrage of deadly tornadoes. At least six people were killed.
Arriving just two weeks after the misery wrought by Hurricane Helene, the system also knocked out power to more than 3 million customers, flooded barrier islands, tore the roof off a baseball stadium and toppled a construction crane.
Despite the destruction, many people expressed relief that Milton wasn’t worse. The hurricane spared Tampa a direct hit, and the lethal storm surge that scientists feared never materialized.
The storm tracked to the south in the final hours and made landfall late Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane in Siesta Key, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Tampa.
Damage was widespread, and water levels may continue to rise for days, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said it was not “the worst-case scenario.”
Five people were killed in tornadoes in the Spanish Lakes Country Club near Fort Pierce, on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, where homes were destroyed, authorities said. Police also found a woman dead under a fallen tree branch.
Speaking at a White House briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said there were reports of as many as 10 fatalities from tornadoes, but he cautioned that the number was tentative.
At least 340 individuals and 49 pets have been rescued in ongoing efforts, DeSantis said Thursday afternoon.
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