Hurricane Milton, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, reached Category 5 intensity before making landfall in Florida. The hurricane caused significant damage in Sarasota ...

Milton's approach from the west to southwest put much of South Florida and the Treasure Coast in its dangerous right front quadrant, where the forward motion of the hurricane, combined with its ...

In the U.S., Milton was directly responsible for 12 deaths and caused another 27 indirect deaths, all in Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center’s final report on the storm ...

Two seasons after Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida in September 2022, the region weathered Debby, Helen and Milton in 2024 ... a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hours before the Hurricane Milton made landfall on the west coast of Florida, something was brewing to the east: a historic outbreak of tornadoes, the most in a single day in the ...

Days after the one-two punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton ... southwest Florida. Three of the tagged items best show the scope and scale of the monumental effort to remove hurricane waste ...

Helene or Milton. With hurricane season running from June 1 through Nov. 30 — the thick of election seasons in Florida — lawmakers also are dealing with issues such as the need to change ...

Winning coverage included Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hurricane Milton and Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival. TCPalm won nine awards in the Florida Society of News Editors' annual contest that ...

Hurricane Milton made ... Insurance payouts for Milton have so far topped $4.2 billion, according to state regulators, adding pressure to Florida's already-fragile insurance market.

An image of Hurricane Milton approaching Florida, as seen from NOAA's GOES-East satellite at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 8, 2024. “It had been a very long time since we saw a hurricane go below 900 mb press ...