Category 3 Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida

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00:00News overseas, even before it made landfall, Hurricane Milton spawned some two dozen tornadoes

00:06that crisscrossed the Sunshine State and left many dead and communities utterly ravaged

00:11and ruined well before Milton hit the cities of Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, among

00:17others.

00:18And Milton's strong winds ripped off a huge part of the roofing of Tropicana Stadium in

00:23St. Petersburg, which is home to the Tampa Bay Devils for a Major League Baseball team.

00:28WUAS Richard Green tells us more.

00:34Milton made landfall Wednesday night along Florida's west coast near the city of Sarasota,

00:39carrying maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers an hour.

00:44The winds ripped the fabric that covers the roof of Tropicana Stadium, the home of Major

00:48League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays franchise.

00:51The hurricane's strong winds and heavy rains triggered high levels of water that flowed

00:56from the Gulf Coast into low-lying areas of the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota

01:02and Fort Myers.

01:04Milton also spawned at least two dozen tornadoes that crisscrossed the state well before the

01:09hurricane made landfall.

01:11Authorities say several people were killed by the tornadoes, including one that struck

01:15an upscale community near the city of Fort Pierce.

01:19More than 100 homes were destroyed, including that of Fort Myers resident, Conor Farrin.

01:25And then like this, all this, this happened like instantaneously.

01:28Like these windows blew out, I was about probably right here when it happened.

01:35My cat over there on the desk, I grabbed the two dogs and like run under my bed, but that

01:40was it.

01:41Probably, probably one minute total, probably less.

01:49Authorities say at least two million residents were left without electricity.

01:54The National Hurricane Center downgraded Milton to a Category 1 storm early Thursday

01:58morning as it made its way across central Florida.

02:02Forecasters warned of devastating rains and damaging winds throughout the day before the

02:07storm exits into the Atlantic Ocean.

02:09Richard Green, VOA News.

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