Hurricane Milton Turns Up Couple's Wedding Ring That Had Been Missing for Nearly a Decade
“I feel almost a little guilty feeling happy about all of this, but it was something good,” Laura Yorio said of discovering her husband's ring
A couple came across "something good" amid of the destruction caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida this week.
Laura and Basil Yorio of Palm Bay had to evacuate their home before Milton made landfall in the state on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as a Category 3 storm. But what Laura found in her yard upon their return came as a surprise.
As the pair told FOX affiliate WOFL, Basil's long-lost wedding ring — which he misplaced during a construction project nine years before — showed up on their yard when they returned home to survey the hurricane's damage with their dog.
"It was just sitting there, it was a little bit embedded into the dirt," Laura told the outlet. "And I looked down and I saw a silver ring and I thought it was a key ring."
As it turned out, the piece of jewelry she discovered poking out of the ground was Basil's missing wedding band, which he said "just disappeared" in the construction project. And even after nearly a decade of caring for their lawn and searching the yard, it didn't turn up until this week.
Laura shared an image of her discovery with WOFL, showing what the silver ring looked like as it was hidden in the grass. "We've been here 1,000 times over the last nine years," she said. "I have a landscaper who comes once a week, every week, for nine years. Nothing."
As Laura told the outlet, she believed the hurricane was responsible for the ring being brought to the surface.
"We’re very mindful that a lot of people are going through terrible things, and I feel almost a little guilty feeling happy about all of this, but it was something good," she said.
Related: How to Help the Victims of Hurricane Milton
As previously reported, Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday, with at least 16 people being reported dead as of Friday, per CNN and NBC News. Five of the victims were killed due to a tornado that landed in St. Lucie County, and Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed that 19 tornadoes hit the state as the hurricane moved ashore.
Roughly 1.5 million people remain without power in the state as of Saturday, Oct. 12, per PowerOutage.us.
Hundreds of people have also been rescued since the hurricane hit Florida, including 135 people saved from an assisted living home in Tampa, a reported 500 from a Clearwater apartment complex and several others rescued from a Holiday Inn in Plant City.
The destruction caused by Milton follows the impact of Hurricane Helene, which landed in the state's Big Bend region on Sept. 26 and killed more than 200 people.
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