Deadly Milton leaves Florida with flooding and damage

Deadly Milton leaves Florida with flooding and damage in its wake
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dalia Faheid, Jessie Yeung, Emma Tucker, Kathleen Magramo, Holly Yan, Andy Rose, Maureen Chowdhury, Dakin Andone, Chelsea Bailey, Aditi Sangal and Tori B. Powell, CNN
Updated 3:40 PM EDT, Thu October 10, 202
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• Milton slams Florida: Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a dangerous Category 3 storm and weakened to a Category 1 as it cut through the state and moved offshore, according to the National Hurricane Center. You can track Milton’s path with CNN’s storm tracker.
• Deadly impact: At least nine people have died in Milton’s path of destruction through Florida, according to local officials. The toll includes five people killed by tornadoes spawned by the storm in St. Lucie County. The state is anticipating more casualties, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said.
• A thousand-year flood: Milton dropped more than 18 inches of rain on St. Petersburg, representing a more than a 1-in-1000 year rainfall event for the area.