36 Heart-Wrenching Photos That Show Hurricane Milton's Devastation In Florida

1. Hurricane Milton made landfall as a powerful category 3 storm in the Siesta Key area.

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2. Winds in some places were over 100 mph.

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3. But even before Milton arrived, there was a tornado outbreak that meteorologist Jim Cantore called the "pregame."

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4. Here's what one looked like crossing I-75:

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5. By evening, Gov. DeSantis confirmed that 19 tornados had touched down.

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6. One of these tornados put a dumpster on top of a house:

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7. And those are cars tossed around like Matchbox toys:

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8. Milton arrived and this is what the Sunshine Skyway Bridge looked like in Tampa:

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9. The storm was so powerful that it literally sucked water out of Tampa Bay:

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10. The roof of Tropicana Field was ripped off.

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11. A security agent captured this video from inside the arena:

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12.Here's what the stadium looked like in the morning:

Aerial view of a large stadium with part of the roof missing, revealing the interior. Surrounding urban landscape is visible
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13.I don't think that's a view anyone ever expected to see:

Aerial view of a stadium with a damaged retractable roof, exposing the seats and baseball field below
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14. I'm sure you've seen Anderson Cooper getting battered by the storm, like he's just next to a falling palm tree:

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15. Meteorologist Steve Petyerak captured this terrifying video of storm surge rushing into a parking garage:

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16. There also appeared to be major storm surge into Fort Myers Beach:

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17. Punta Gordo appeared to be under water:

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18. Sinkholes opened:

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19. Streets in South Tampa were littered with bricks:

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20. And a crane fell in downtown St. Pete.

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21.By daybreak, we were able to see what the damage from the storm actually looked like.

A fallen tree with exposed roots lies across a parking lot, causing disruption and blocking several parking spaces
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22.Here's what that downed crane in St. Pete looked like:

Building with a collapsed crane leaning against it, causing visible damage
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23.The city of Tampa posted this picture of a wall ripped off of a building:

A Tampa drone team member stands before a damaged building with debris, preparing to survey the site

24.They also posted this picture of metal wrapped around a palm tree:

Metal sheeting wrapped around a palm tree, likely from storm damage, on a grassy area near a road

25.Boats littered the streets in Punta Gorda:

A flooded residential street with boats displaced onto land after a storm, with palm trees and houses affected by the water
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26. A 14-year-old boy was rescued floating on a piece of fence:

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27. A 30-foot skylight crashed in the Orlando Airport:

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28. Roads were destroyed:

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29. Powerlines down:

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30. And some areas like St. Armand's circle on Lido Key appeared to be under water:

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31. Here's an aerial view of extensive flooding in Hillsborough County:

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32. Millions of people are currently without power, but line workers have already started working on restoring it.

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33.In many of these places, debris from Hurricane Helene still litter the streets.

Two people stand on a debris-strewn street after a storm. A man in shorts and a woman in a sweater assess the damage near a parked truck
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34. Authorities are asking people to stay off the roads.

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35. Recovery has begun.

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36. And the St. Pete Police are warning people to stay out of floodwaters because you never know what's swimming around in there.

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