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Photos: Hurricane Milton slams Florida

By Mhari Shaw, Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,

7 hours ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1y88xS_0w1BxOfB00 — Brandon Marlow walks through surge waters flooding the street after Hurricane Milton came ashore in the Sarasota area in Fort Myers, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images / Getty Images North America)

Hurricane Milton made landfall at around 8:30 p.m. near Siesta Key, about eight miles south of Sarasota, Florida.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the category 3 hurricane had estimated maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour.

The landfall occurred way earlier than expected after shifting southward.

Milton is expected to produce dangerous storm surges of up to 13 feet.

October 9

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1y6p0r_0w1BxOfB00 — Max Watts, of Buford, Ga., walks in the parking lot to check on a trailer parked outside the hotel where he is riding out Hurricane Milton with coworkers in Tampa, Fla. Watts, who works for a towing company, was deployed with colleagues to Florida to aid in the aftermath of the storm. (Julio Cortez / AP)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0EN1cC_0w1BxOfB00 — Robert Haight looks around his destroyed house after it was hit by a reported tornado in Fort Myers, Florida, as Hurricane Milton approaches. (Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2KMfOh_0w1BxOfB00 — Ron Rook, who said he was looking for people in need of help or debris to clear, walks through windy and rainy conditions on a deserted street in downtown Tampa, Fla., (Rebecca Blackwell/AP / AP)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0xgHV5_0w1BxOfB00 — Flight check-in kiosks are seen covered in protective plastic at a deserted United Airlines check-in counter at Orlando International Airport ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, in Orlando, Florida. (Paul Hennessy / Anadolu via Getty Images)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0CMp4a_0w1BxOfB00 — Payton Wyse (L) and Andrew Goncharsky pack what they can as they evacuate their apartment before Hurricane Milton's arrival in Fort Myers, Florida. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1krzGJ_0w1BxOfB00 — Salvador Gonzalez places plywood over the windows of a business before Hurricane Milton's arrival in Fort Myers, Florida. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0sW5I2_0w1BxOfB00 — Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force One leader Brandon Webb, right, addresses members of the task force before they deploy ahead of Hurricane Milton in Doral, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee / AP)

October 8

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1GKnMD_0w1BxOfB00 — Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly-deserted Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene still sit outside damaged homes, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, on Anna Maria Island, Fla. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2PTAi8_0w1BxOfB00 — In this NASA handout, Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm at the time of this photograph, is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Yucatan Peninsula on October 8, 2024 seen from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 miles above. (NASA / Getty Images)

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