Hurricane Milton latest: Biden visits hard-hit communities in Florida as power outages continue in Tampa

President Joe Biden visited Florida on Sunday to tour communities impacted by Hurricane Milton.

During the visit, the president announced more than $600m in funding for projects for electric grid resilience to help the state become better equipped to deal with future storms.

So far, at least 23 people have died as a result of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night, spawning dozens of tornadoes, 28ft waves, strong winds, heavy rainfall, and devastating storm surge .

Six people in St Lucie County retirement village were killed by tornadoes brought on by the hurricane after a dozen twisters spawned in the region within 20 minutes.

While Floridians return home to survey the damage to their communities, officials are warning that major flooding could still hit north of Tampa.

As of Sunday evening, more than 517,000 homes were still without power in Florida, with those in the west-central region the worst impacted. Damage from the storm is estimated to have cost upwards of $160bn.