UPDATE: Severe Flooding Already Happening, Milton Hours From Landfall 100+ Miles Offshore – EVOL

As of 11:50 PM EST, Hurricane Milton has made landfall.  Reports are suggesting that the eye of the storm collapsed as it came inland, which is generally a good sign.  The storm is still incredibly dangerous, and is not even close to being over.  But I wanted to bring an update, and a wild video showing a 15 foot storm surge recorded somewhere on Florida’s western coast in the last few hours.

Here is what a 15 foot hurricane storm surge looks like folks. pic.twitter.com/XVQmw5XAbu

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 9, 2024

Here are the latest bullet points as of just as of this update from NBC News:

Hurricane Milton made landfall at 8:30 tonight near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm. Siesta Key is a barrier island next to Sarasota. At 11 p.m., the center of the storm was around 75 miles southwest of Orlando. Its maximum sustained winds were 105 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane. Deaths have been confirmed in St. Lucie County on Florida’s Atlantic coast, where officials said tornadoes touched down. There were more than 1.7 million utility customers without electricity in Florida around 11 p.m., according to poweroutage.us.

Although it

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