Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, Wednesday night.
Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida's west coast Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane.
The monster storm came ashore bringing life-threatening storm surge and Category 3 winds.
A crane collapsed during 90 mph winds in downtown St. Petersburg on Wednesday night.
The crane was at a downtown building construction site, according to the City of St. Petersburg.
No injuries have been reported.
There are more than 2,025,000 million customers without power across Florida after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm, according to poweroutage.us.
Albert Whitted Airport saw 18.31 inches of rain in St. Petersburg, Florida, Wednesday evening.
Tampa International Airport had 9.93 inches of rain hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall.
Daytona Beach is experiencing 61 mph winds with nearly 4 inches of rain.
Five people were transported to local hospitals after reports of multiple tornadoes caused damage to parts of Palm Beach County, Florida, on Wednesday.
Palm Beach County firefighters rescued multiple people from vehicles and structures — with some trapped or unable to escape from overturned vehicles — following calls received by authorities for multiple tornadoes and trapped people in Wellington, Acreage and Loxahatchee in the county, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said in a press release.
Of the five transported, three were trauma patients.
