36m ago / 5:56 AM UTC
ShareWatch: Tornado tears through Florida highway
A tornado tore through a highway in Wellington, Florida, one of a number of tornadoes that touched down in the state ahead of Hurricane Milton making landfall.
1h ago / 5:17 AM UTC
ShareMilton weakens to a Category 1 storm; flash flood emergency continues
Hurricane Milton’s winds weakened to 90 mph early Thursday, making it a Category 1 storm, but a flash flood emergency over parts of Florida continued, the National Hurricane Center said.
The center of the storm was around 40 miles south-southwest of Orlando, and it was moving east-northeast at around 16 mph as it crosses the state, the agency said in a 1 a.m. advisory.
The hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key on Florida’s western coast, but by 1 a.m. damaging winds were starting to reach the state’s Atlantic coast, the hurricane center said.
2h ago / 4:42 AM UTC
ShareOrlando police, firefighters pulled from roads because of wind
Orlando police officers and firefighters have been temporarily pulled from roads because of winds of over 40 mph, the city announced early Thursday.
“When the wind speed decreases they will be able to respond to