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The Guardian - US
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Tural Ahmedzade, Lucy Swan, Anna Betts and Guardian visuals staff

HISTORICAL FACTS: A visual guide to the damage caused by hurricane milton - The Untold Story

a composite image showing a hurricane from space and cars driving down a flooded road
Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction in its wake as it tore through Florida. Composite: NASA, Getty Images

Hurricane Milton made landfall as a category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night at around 8.30pm near Siesta Key in Florida. For about eight hours, the storm brought intense rainfall, flooding, tornadoes, storm surge and strong winds before moving off over the ocean just north of Cape Canaveral as a category 1 hurricane.

Some of the hardest-hit areas included Sarasota, Fort Myers, St Petersburg, St Lucie and other cities on the Gulf coast. Storm surge warnings were in effect along Florida’s east coast to Georgia’s Altamaha Sound.

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