Hurricane Milton Terrible and terrifying

Tornadoes were also spotted in other areas of the state throughout the day.

As of Wednesday evening, three Florida offices of the National Weather Service had issued a total of 133 tornado warnings.

The Miami and Tampa offices issued 49 warnings each, while Melbourne had 35.

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state.

Hurricane Milton has crashed into Florida as a Category 3 storm, pounding the coast with ferocious winds of over 100 mph (160 kph) and the hurricane has also spawned multiple tornadoes across the state, serving as dangerous warnings of Milton's arrival.

The cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph) when it roared ashore in Siesta Key, Florida, at 8:30 p.m., the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

The hurricane was bringing deadly storm surge to much of Florida’s Gulf Coast, including densely populated areas such as Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Fort Myers.
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