Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, heavy rain and tornadoes to much of the Gulf Coast, including communities already battered by deadly Hurricane Helene.
While Milton looks set to move back out to sea, it will go on whipping up hurricane-force winds and once-in-a-millennium rainfall on land.
President Joe Biden, who postponed an overseas trip so he could remain at the White House to monitor Milton, said it 'could be one of the worst storms in 100 years to hit Florida.'
By early this morning, Milton was moving off Florida's east coast as a Category 1 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
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