NBC News
Hurricane Milton wrought havoc across Florida, where it whipped up tornadoes, cut power for more than 3.3 million energy customers, put some 11 million people at risk of flooding and caused at least 12 deaths.
Milton was moving into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning after making landfall the previous evening as a Category 3 storm in Siesta Key, roughly 70 miles south of Tampa.
At least six deaths have been confirmed in St. Lucie County on the state’s Atlantic coast, where tornadoes touched down. At least two people were killed in St. Petersburg during the storm, police said. At least three people died in Volusia County, according to the sheriff. And one person is dead in Citrus County after a tree fell on their car, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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