Governor Ron DeSantis said the state had avoided the worst-case scenario, though he cautioned the damage was still significant.

Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned tornados, killed at least 10 people and left millions without power.

Multiple powerful tornadoes ripped across Florida hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday, tearing off roofs, overturning vehicles and sucking debris into the air as the black V-shaped columns ...

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm, highlighting the connection between climate change and extreme weather events.

Multiple powerful tornadoes ripped across Florida hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday, tearing off roofs, overturning vehicles and sucking debris into the air as the black V-shaped columns moved

Multiple powerful tornadoes ripped across Florida hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday night.

Hurricane Milton dropped to a Category 4 early Wednesday as it churns toward Florida’s west coast. The National Hurricane Center had predicted it would likely weaken, but remain a major hurricane when it makes landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday.

“Everybody in Tampa Bay should assume we are going to be ground zero,”

A steady rain fell in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday morning as a mighty Hurricane Milton churned toward a potentially catastrophic collision with the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay even after millions were ordered to evacuate. Stragglers face grim odds of surviving, officials said.

Hurricane Milton strengthened as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Wednesday and could wallop one of the state’s major population centres with huge storm surges, lashing rain and destructive winds just two weeks after deadly Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.