Millions without power in Florida after Hurricane Milton churns across the state

  • Over three million people are without power in Florida.
  • Hurricane Milton made landfall as Category 3 storm near Siesta Key Florida. The storm churned east northeastward across state and is moving off Florida coast into Atlantic.

Milton made landfall Wednesday evening as Category 3 storm Siesta Key on Florida west coast south of Tampa Bay.

The storm churned east northeastward toward Cape Canaveral with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and is moving off coast of Florida into Atlantic.

Millions of people in Florida were without power Thursday after Hurricane Milton spawned tornados winds left various people dead.

Over 3 million people were left without power in Florida according to Power Outage.us.

At least two people were dead in St Lucie County from tornado that touched down 4:30 pm ET Wednesday at Spanish Lakes Country Club in Fort Pierce.

 Milton spawned multiple tornados before landfall on Wednesday with National Weather Service confirming five of seven.
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key Florida as Category 3 storm and weakened to Category 1 as it cut through state and moved offshore according to National Hurricane Center.
It is fifth hurricane to make landfall in US this year.