Monster storm Hurricane Milton is currently ripping a path of destruction across Florida, leaving several people dead and tearing through the roof of Tropicana Field stadium as it heads for Orlando and onward to the Atlantic.
The first casualties were reported even before Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm around 8:30pm EST (1:30am BST), bringing ‘catastrophic’ flooding, 120mph winds and several twisters – some of which proved lethal.
After making landfall, Milton began rumbling east, ripping up everything in its path before ripping apart the roof of Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team in St. Petersburg.
At least 117 tornado warnings were issued in communities across the state overnight and into this morning, with dozens reported to have materialised and wrought havoc. More than 3 million homes and businesses were without power Thursday morning in Florida.
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