12 confirmed dead, millions without power as Florida reels from Milton

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- State and local officials in Florida on Thursday confirmed 12 deaths have been attributed to Hurricane Milton so far as massive clean-up and assessment efforts got underway less than 24 hours after the storm made landfall.

The storm cut an uneven path of damage as it tore diagonally across the state from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and left a trail of death and destruction in its path.

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