Hurricane Milton is a ways from done with Florida, in spite of a prolonged night of extreme winds and a hurricane surge that caused tremendous harm.
Before Milton made landfall Wednesday night, it spawned over a dozen tornadoes, at least one among which became blamed for the storm’s first deaths are the present-day updates from Florida. To read yesterday’s whole covyesterday’s here.
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(8:23 a.M. ET) St. Lucie County Provides A Death Toll Update
Officials confirmed that four human beings were killed in St. Lucie County Wednesday while Milton spun up massive tornadoes previous to landfall.
Kevin Guthrie, the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, stated that about 125 homes were destroyed before Milton even got ashore. Many of the destroyed homes were mobile homes in communities for senior citizens, consistent with the Associated Press.
(8:10 a.m. ET) Milton Moves Away From Florida’s East Coast, Some Tropical Storm, Hurricane Warnings And Watches Discontinued
Milton’s middle is shifting away from the east coast of Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center pronounced. It has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm.
All storm and tropical hurricane warnings are discontinued at the state’s west coast but continue to impact a lot of Florida’s east-imperative coast. Storm surge warnings remain impacting areas of the kingdom’s east coast as much as Altamaha Sound, Georgia.
The storm will continue transporting far away from the peninsula and heading north of the Bahamas.
(7:33 a.M. ET) Pinellas County Closes Completely
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office proclaims that Pinellas County is shutting off all entry to factors to the county as rescue crews cope with risky conditions. The barrier islands are closed as nicely.
— Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (@SheriffPinellas) October 10, 2024
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(7:18 a.M. ET) Boat Washes Onto Road In Port Charlotte
Photos show a ship jutting out into traffic after Milton tossed it onto a road in Port Charlotte. Street flooding is mentioned in the region from a couple of toes of storm surge and heavy rain.
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
(6:54 a.m. ET) Pinellas County Urges All Residents To Shelter In Place
Pinellas County is sending out an emergency alert to residents, urging people in the county to take refuge in the vicinity. This allows specific emergency response crews to reply to the required help and clear the storm’s harm.
“SEVERE DAMAGE” S COUNTYWIDE,” the alert r” ads. “Many roads are “passable because of downed strength strains, fallen timber, particles… YOU MUST STAY OFF THE ROADS until recommended otherwise with the aid of county officials…STAY PUT NOW.”
(6:29 a.M. “T) Rescues Underway In Tampa Area
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s OffSheriff’sponding to calls for assistance in at least one neighborhood.
“Our cut groups are out reducing bushes, looking to open up a number of the roadways,” Sheriff Cha” Chronister stated on the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s OffSheriff’sook page. “There are do “ned energy traces and trees everywhere. Please live interior. We can help you realize when it is safe to go out.”
(6:15 a.M.” T) St. Lucie County Sheriff:””We Have Los ” “Some Li”e”
Milton to “k “lives before the typhoon even made landfall. The St. Lucie County Sheriff showed on WPBF 25 News that there had been more than one death at the Spanish Lakes Country Club in Fort Pierce, in which a tornado destroyed houses and homes. The wide variety of deataren’tn’t yet clear:Â
(5:43 a.M. ET) Storm Surge Peak Not Yet Reached For Northeast Florida
Though northeast Florida is seeing flooding, the worst is yet to come back. Storm surge top is this afternoon and night along Florida’sacoaFlorida’scoastaltal Waterway and St. Johns River. The St. Johns Basin will see a minimum of weeks of mild to primary flooding after the height of the dam later nowadays.
(5:25 a.M. ET) Milton BreaTampa’saMonthTampa’srdsrd Rainfall In One Day
Milton delivered Tampa a total of 11.43 inches of rainfall Wednesday, breaking the city’s monthly rainfall report sooner or later. Tmetropolis’sttestest October turned into 1922, a month that obtained 10.33 inches of rain.
(5:18 a.M. ET) St. Johns River Flooding In Several Counties
Storm surge and high tide, combined with heavy rainfall, are combining, flooding the St. Johns River, inflicting mild to significant inundation in the components of St. Johns Putnam and Flagler counties.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office warned people not to push through floodwaters and shared snapshots of some of the scenes around the county.
Hurricane Milton has caused widespread flooding in portions of St. Johns County overnight. Please avoid driving through floodwaters. If you are in need of assistance, please call 911 or SJSO’s Non-Emergency # (904) 824-8304. #hurricanemilton pic.twitter.com/szhhmaPuJm
— St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (@TeamSJSO) October 10, 2024
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(​4:40 a.m. ET) Here’s The Latest On That Crane Collapse
A​ crane came crashing down past due remaining night time in downtown St. Petersburg, placing a building that houses the offices of the Tampa Bay Times. Here’s what’s referred to as this hour through the Tampa Bay Times:
-​ The crane turned into being used for the development of a new residential high-rise being built across from the newspaper’s offices.
-​ Nobody changed into harm, and no one turned into an internal building affected by the crane collapse.
-​ The crane fell onto 1st Avenue South and completely blocked the street.
-​ This crane and others at the development site were reportedly rated to face up to one hundred ten-mph winds.
Speechless. We are at the entrance to our Tampa Bay Times office in downtown St. Petersburg.
— Max Chesnes (@MaxChesnes) October 10, 2024
A crane is blocking the road, and several stories up, smoke billows out of the building from where it appears the crane fell
Smell of gas in the air and you can hear alarms #MILTON pic.twitter.com/RxUDTWd9md
(​4:15 a.m. ET) Everyone OK After Tropicana Field Roof Damaged
T Tropicana Field, home to Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, suffered the most important damage. At the same time, several roof panels had been ripped off through Milton’s effective winds ultimate night. The building was used to house essential personnel with typhoon reactions, and the gambling area was lined with cots.
“No first responders have been being staged at Tropicana Field, and the crucial personnel who were there are all accounted for and safe,” a Tampa Bay Rays spokesperson instructed ABC News. “Teams might be assessing the situation more whilst it is safe to accomplish that.”
OMG. We all had a collected gasp when we saw this from our reporter. The fabric on the roof of Tropicana Field is shredded. #StPete #Milton pic.twitter.com/36UKLO9cK6
— Jason Adams (@JasonAdamsWFTS) October 10, 2024
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(4 a.m. ET) Outages Top 3 Million
According to PowerOutage.Us, more than three million homes and groups in Florida are in the dark. That accounts for roughly one out of every four clients statewide.
Unsurprisingly, the counties with the most important percentage of clients inside the darkish are closest to where Milton made landfall. Nearly all of us have misplaced electricity in Manatee and Sarasota counties. Hillsborough County, in which Tampa is the county seat, has half of one million powerless homes and companies.
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