Watch: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida as Tampa hit by flash floods and ‘catastrophic’ winds

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Watch as Hurricane Milton swept across Florida on Thursday (10 October) as Tampa was hit by flash floods and “catastrophic” winds.

The hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday night near Sarasota County’s Siesta Key, bringing destructive tornadoes, 28ft waves, strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surge across multiple areas.

The National Weather Service generated 111 tornado warnings, breaking a 2017 record.

More than 2.4 million customers were without power across the Sunshine State, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.US.

While Milton’s intensity continues to fluctuate, weakening to a Category 1, the National Hurricane Center predicts it will be “one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida”.