Firefighters, volunteers from Chicago area pitch in as Florida reels from Hurricane Milton
Chicago area firefighters, and local volunteers from the American Red Cross, are among those who have hit the ground.
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Chicago area firefighters, and local volunteers from the American Red Cross, are among those who have hit the ground.
American Red Cross volunteers, and firefighters from the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, are on the ground in Florida after Hurricane Milton. Darius Johnson reports.
A historic 19 inches of rain fell in St. Petersburg, and the winds from Hurricane Milton even blew the roof off Tropicana Field. Anna McAllister reports.
Chavie said she lost power and internet at both her home and her business, so she has not been able to check the cameras and see how things look.
Sara Machi talked with one small business owner who is working with friends to find out about her store in Bradenton, Florida.
Hurricane Milton’s destruction across Florida became visible as the sun rose, with rescue crews out in full force. Manuel Bojorquez reports from Orlando.
Leah Chavie said the hardest part the day after Milton made landfall was simply not knowing has happened to her business and her home on Florida's west coast, near Sarasota. Chavie talked with Sara Machi.
President Biden told Floridians his administration would offer support "for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild."
Hurricane Milton previously reached as high as a Category 5 over the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida's central west coast.
The storm made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, bringing flooding, strong winds, and even tornadoes.
Rescuers are saving pets as well as people from hurricane dangers in Southeast Florida.
A dad, kids, and grandmother from Tampa all made it to Chicago, but mom was not able to leave due to her job.
Lena Smith—who splits her time between Chicago and Tampa—decided not to evacuate, as does not live in the zone where it is required. But Kevin Petschow, who moved to Florida from the Chicago suburbs because he was sick of Chicago winters, is now back. Charlie De Mar reports.
Shaka Scott, his three kids, and his mother escaped to Chicago before Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida, but Scott's wife had to stay behind for work. Jermont Terry reports.
More than 1 million people were without power in Florida Wednesday night after Hurricane Milton made landfall at Siesta Key. Cristian Benavides reports from Tampa, but first, meteorologists Mary Kay Kleist and Albert Ramon have a breakdown of the storm.
Anna McAllister of CBS News Miami is live on the ground in Tampa.
CBS News Chicago caught up with Pattie Eakin, who is now back at her Mount Prospect home after two weeks helping people at a Red Cross shelter north of Tampa for Helene.
Lisa and Carole Kleinberg made their way from Sarasota to a friend’s house outside Atlanta, Georgia. But not everyone in the family evacuated, as Sara Machi reports.
Milton is set to make landfall on Florida's West Coast as a Category 3 hurricane. Cristian Benavides reports on deteriorating conditions in Tampa, and meteorologists Mary Kay Kleist and Albert Ramon have have a look at the track of the storm.
Florida is bracing for impact, as Hurricane Milton is just hours away from making landfall on the state's Gulf coast. One county sheriff had a dire warning for people refusing to evacuate.
President Biden addresses the country ahead of Hurricane Milton’s anticipated landfall in Florida. Meanwhile, meteorologists Albert Ramon and Mary Kay Kleist examine the track of the storm, and from CBS News, Rob Marciano is on the ground in Bradenton, Jonathan Vigliotti is in Tampa, and Scott MacFarlane is at the White House.
Milton is described by some as the Storm of the Century. Meteorologists Albert Ramon and Mary Kay Kleist break down the track, and Leigh Waldman is on the ground in Tampa.
Crews from Chicago are making their way to Central Florida where they will help Tampa Electric repair damage and restore power.
The monster storm is expected to make landfall early Thursday before sweeping across the central part of the state. Forecasters say Milton's intensity is unlike anything Floridians have ever seen.
More than a dozen counties in western Florida are under mandatory evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton.
