Floridians are picking up the pieces after Milton made landfall as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane and cut through the state as a Category 1 storm before moving offshore.
Barrier islands were battered, and about 2.6 million customers were without power. Six of the deaths were in St. Lucie County, on the opposite coast from where the storm came ashore.
High-water rescue efforts in the University Area of Tampa continued throughout the day Thursday, as emergency crews used boats to shuttle people out of high water and onto dry land after Hurricane ...