Hurricane Milton has caused at least 4 deaths in Florida. Local authorities announced it. The hurricane made landfall in Florida during the night, dropping in strength to Category 2, and was then further downgraded to Category 1, the lowest, with winds of up to 136 km per hour. The National Hurricane Center announced it.
Nearly three million customers were left without power in the U.S. state, with coastal counties hardest hit, according to the PowerOutage website, This means that more than a quarter of the energy connections monitored by the site are currently out of service.
Among the hardest hit areas are coastal counties, including Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Sarasota, as well as inland Hardee County, where nearly all of the 9,600 monitored utilities are out of service. Authorities have warned that the blackouts could last for weeks.
According to Al-Jazeera, While damage was widespread, and water levels may continue to rise for days, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said it was not “the worst-case scenario.”
