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    Videos show deadly tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton as it swept across Florida: Watch

    By Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY,

    5 hours ago

    Frightening videos show deadly tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton tear across Florida.

    The storm made landfall Wednesday night near Siesta Key on the state's western coast as a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph sustained winds, the National Hurricane Center reported.

    Some footage shows trees ripped out of the ground, and another twister spotted by a person traveling along Interstate 75 from Fort Lauderdale.

    As of mid Thursday morning, the National Weather Service reported it was organizing field surveys for multiple tornadoes across the state.

    At a home in Wellington, a resident explains hearing a tornado siren go off, then rip through her neighborhood, destroying her lanai and flooding her pool with debris including tree limbs and portions of the home.

    Another scary scene is shot in a residential neighborhood by a person in Palm Beach.

    "Yeah, I don't know if it's coming towards us," someone recording the video says, with dark skies looming in the distance.

    Here's what they show:

    Hurricane Milton: Milton rips hole the size of a basketball court in Melbourne Orlando Airport's roof: Watch

    Other tornadoes spawned from Hurricane Milton

    Hurricane Milton aftermath: Millions without power, homes destroyed, deaths reported

    Millions of homes and businesses are in the dark Thursday, according to USA TODAY power outage data . The storm spawned tornadoes across the Sunshine State, and multiple deaths had been reported in the state.

    As of Thursday afternoon, at least seven people had died as result of Milton. Two deaths were confirmed in St. Petersburg, one in Volusia County and four more were confirmed in St. Lucie County on Florida's east coast following tornadoes there.

    Neighborhoods were flooded, homes destroyed, and the roof of Tropicana Field torn off .

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    A drone view shows a house destroyed by a tornado as Hurricane Milton approaches Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 9, 2024. Ricardo Arduengo, Reuters

    Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.

    This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Videos show deadly tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton as it swept across Florida: Watch

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