Hurricane Milton made landfall with Florida on Wednesday night, with several powerful tornados ripping through the southern state ahead of the hurricane’s impact. The Associated Press reports that more than 130 tornado warnings connected to Hurricane Milton were issued by the National Weather Services offices in Florida. The hurricane hit Florida as a Category 3 storm with winds of over 100 mph, ultimately landing in Siesta Key, which is south of Tampa.
Destruction and flooding was widespread along Florida’s west coast and central region, including in Tampa and St. Petersburg. After landfall, Hurricane Milton was downgraded to a Category 2 storm and has since been categorized as a Category 1 storm.
In St. Petersburg, Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, was badly damaged, per photos posted to social media. The fabric across domed building’s roof appears to have been ripped by the winds, leaving almost none of it still intact.
Roof is gone at Tropicana Field #milton #rays Video by: Nick Friedman @mysuncoast @WESH pic.twitter.com/VME6Um351J The storm toppled several large cranes and knocked out power across a large section of Florida.
As of early Thursday, there were with more than 2.8 million homes and businesses without power. In St.
Petersburg, a water main break caused the city to shut down water access. A Tampa Bay Times reporter shared a video of the street outside the newspaper’s office, revealing vast destruction. Hurricane Milton, which is.
