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By: John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz
TAMPA, Fla. - Milton slammed into Florida's already storm-blasted west coast Wednesday evening as a Category 3 hurricane threatening huge swaths of Tampa Bay, Sarasota and regions still reeling from the destruction of Helene.
By: John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz, Trevor Hughes, Dinah Voyles
TAMPA, Fla. - Milton slammed into Florida's already storm-blasted west coast Wednesday evening as a Category 3 hurricane threatening huge swaths of Tampa Bay, Sarasota and regions still reeling from the destruction of Helene.
By: John Bacon, Thao Nguyen, Trevor Hughes
More than 3 million homes and businesses were in the dark by early Thursday as Milton was exiting the eastern coast of Florida.
By: Thao Nguyen, Trevor Hughes, John Bacon
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By: John Bacon, Thao Nguyen, Trevor Hughes
TAMPA, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Peninsula on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic
By: John Bacon, Trevor Hughes, Thao Nguyen, Christopher Cann
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By: John Bacon, Trevor Hughes, Christopher Cann, Chris Kenning, Jorge L. Ortiz, Thao Nguyen
SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Peninsula on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic, killing at least nine people and knocking out power to millions yet averting the "worst-case scenario" meteorologists, officials and residents had feared.
By: John Bacon, Trevor Hughes, Christopher Cann, Chris Kenning, Jorge L. Ortiz, Thao Nguyen
SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Peninsula on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic, killing at least nine people and knocking out power to millions yet averting the "worst-case scenario" meteorologists, officials and residents had feared.
By: Trevor Hughes, Chris Kenning, Christopher Cann, Thao Nguyen, John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz
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By: John Bacon, Trevor Hughes, Christopher Cann, Thao Nguyen
SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after tearing a path of destruction across Florida, killing at least 14 people and knocking out power to millions, yet averting the "worst-case scenario" meteorologists, officials and residents had feared.
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