Hurricane Season 2024

A Wellington neighborhood is recovering and rebuilding a day after at least one tornado ripped through the area as Milton approached Florida's Gulf Coast.

Many Jews worldwide will mark Yom Kippur in fasting and prayer at their synagogues this weekend. But for the faithful in Florida, destructive Hurricane Milton has disrupted plans for observing the Day of Atonement.

There are no weather modification projects that can create or modify hurricanes, weather officials and experts said.

The 120-mph winds ripped the fabric roof to pieces at the Rays' stadium. Blocks away, a crane fell at a high-rise construction site. No injuries were reported.

In St. Lucie County on the state’s Atlantic coast, far from where the hurricane made landfall, one sheriff confirmed some loss of life without providing further details after a tornado struck.

The storm tracked to the south in the final hours and made landfall Wednesday night in Siesta Key, about 70 miles south of Tampa.

High winds from Hurricane Milton tore off the fiberglass roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Hurricane Milton is bringing powerful winds, a storm surge and flooding to much of Florida after making landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm.

Kim Hackett and her family drove seven hours from Venice to Miami Beach to ride out Milton. She remembers the chaos of previous hurricanes like Irma and Charley.

The National Hurricane Center says tropical storm-force winds from Hurricane Milton are just off the western coast of Florida.

Wed. 11 a.m. update: Milton continues as a very powerful hurricane, track still shifting, residents along the path should be sheltered in place.

Outgoing Senate President says "a whole new philosophy of reconstruction and resilience and resiliency in our state" will need to be discussed when lawmakers meet in March.