36 Heart-Wrenching Photos That Show Hurricane Milton's Devastation In Florida

1. Hurricane Milton made landfall as a powerful category 3 storm in the Siesta Key area.

2. Winds in some places were over 100 mph.

3. But even before Milton arrived, there was a tornado outbreak that meteorologist Jim Cantore called the "pregame."

4. Here's what one looked like crossing I-75:

5. By evening, Gov. DeSantis confirmed that 19 tornados had touched down.

6. One of these tornados put a dumpster on top of a house:

7. And those are cars tossed around like Matchbox toys:

8. Milton arrived and this is what the Sunshine Skyway Bridge looked like in Tampa:

9. The storm was so powerful that it literally sucked water out of Tampa Bay:

10. The roof of Tropicana Field was ripped off.

11. A security agent captured this video from inside the arena:

12. Here's what the stadium looked like in the morning:

13. I don't think that's a view anyone ever expected to see:

14. I'm sure you've seen Anderson Cooper getting battered by the storm, like he's just next to a falling palm tree:

15. Meteorologist Steve Petyerak captured this terrifying video of storm surge rushing into a parking garage:

16. There also appeared to be major storm surge into Fort Myers Beach:

17. Punta Gordo appeared to be under water:

18. Sinkholes opened:

19. Streets in South Tampa were littered with bricks:

20. And a crane fell in downtown St. Pete.

21. By daybreak, we were able to see what the damage from the storm actually looked like.

22. Here's what that downed crane in St. Pete looked like:

23. The city of Tampa posted this picture of a wall ripped off of a building:

24. They also posted this picture of metal wrapped around a palm tree:

25. Boats littered the streets in Punta Gorda:

26. A 14-year-old boy was rescued floating on a piece of fence:

27. A 30-foot skylight crashed in the Orlando Airport:

28. Roads were destroyed:

29. Powerlines down:

30. And some areas like St. Armand's circle on Lido Key appeared to be under water:

31. Here's an aerial view of extensive flooding in Hillsborough County:

32. Millions of people are currently without power, but line workers have already started working on restoring it.

33. In many of these places, debris from Hurricane Helene still litter the streets.

34. Authorities are asking people to stay off the roads.

35. Recovery has begun.

36. And the St. Pete Police are warning people to stay out of floodwaters because you never know what's swimming around in there.