Damage, injuries, deaths reported in wake of Hurricane Milton
The storm made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, bringing flooding, strong winds, and even tornadoes.
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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.
Much of the area set to be hit by Hurricane Milton has been in shambles ever since Helene, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.
CBS News Chicago talked with one woman who had evacuated from Florida and landed in Chicago, and a former suburban mayor volunteering in Florida for the American Red Cross. Darius Johnson reports.
The National Hurricane Center just released new data on Milton. Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a breakdown.
Hurricane Milton is churning towards Florida, where the race is on to evacuate as Tampa Bay braces for the storm's expected landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Milton is a powerful Category 4 hurricane with a path forecast to bring it ashore along Florida's west coast this week.
There were long lines at gas stations Monday night as people made their way out of the path of the storm. Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a look at Milton's likely track.
Hurricane Milton has intensified to a Category 5 storm, the most powerful type of tropical storm, and is just days away from possibly pounding Tampa, Florida.
Tampa is bracing for Hurricane Milton to make landfall in a matter of days, little more than a week after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida and five other Southern states.
The hurricane is expected to make landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast by midweek. Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has a look at Milton's track.
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