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Giant sinkholes open up around west-central Florida after Hurricane Milton

Several sinkholes were reported in Hillsborough and Polk counties following Hurricane Milton. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office warned residents to stay alert in the aftermath of the storm, as the features can expand without warning.

TAMPA, Fla.– Hurricane Milton produced dozens of tornadoes and rainfall estimates that topped more than a foot across west-central Florida, but a sight now opening up across many counties is that of sinkholes.

Large sinkholes were reported in both Polk

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TAMPA, Fla.– Power and other utilities continue to slowly be restored across Florida after Hurricane Milton ^[1]’s less than 12-hour trek across the state, leaving behind more than 4 million without electricity at its peak and neighborhoods flooded.

Milton

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The man was found floating on a cooler. He was rescued and taken to Tampa General Hospital for treatment.

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LONGBOAT Key, Fla.– The captain of a stranded fishing boat off Florida^[2] survived a "nightmare scenario" during the wrath of Hurricane Milton^[3] while left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.

The captain of the boat was rescued by the United States

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Residents of Bonita Springs, Florida, are in the initial stages of cleaning up in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on the Sunshine State on Wednesday night.

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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Residents of Bonita Springs, Florida ^[2], are coming home to find their homes and neighborhoods buried under feet of sand – an unwanted parting gift from the Gulf of Mexico's storm surge at the hands of Hurricane Milton.

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A video shot by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office shows officers rescuing a teenager floating on debris Thursday morning, after Hurricane Milton slammed Florida. (Courtesy: @HCSOSheriff / X)

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TAMPA, Fla.– A teenager was rescued from floodwaters in Florida's Hillsborough County Thursday morning, after Hurricane Milton ^[2] slammed the area Wednesday night with 100 mph wind and over 18 inches of rain.

A video shot by the Hillborough County

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A tornado outbreak spawned by Hurricane Milton is being blamed for the deaths of at least four people in St. Lucie County, Florida. St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said the victims were in Spanish Lakes Country Club Village in northern Fort Pierce, where a significant tornado moved through on Wednesday.

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Updated Thursday 3 p.m.ET

Milton's wrath came in three phases yesterday and last night.During phase 1, intense outer bands produced unusually strong tornadoes as they swept from Southwest Florida to the Treasure Coast near Fort Pierce.The tornadoes

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The status of whether the world is being impacted by an El Nino or a La Nina is determined by water temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific. (NOAA)

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COLLEGE PARK, Md.-- La Niña ^[2] is still running late, and when it finally gets here, doesn’t look like it’s now going to stick around very long, and that could adjust some of the winter seasonal outlooks.

Water temperatures in the central

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A dramatic scene unfolded in Madeira Beach, a Pinellas County city near St. Petersburg, Florida, early Thursday morning after Hurricane Milton made landfall. Just two weeks after Hurricane Helene caused significant flooding, FOX Weather Storm Specialist and Meteorologist Mike Seidel captured a home on fire. The blaze was likely ignited by a power line brought down by strong winds from Milton.

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ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.– Hurricane Milton ^[2] left scars along a huge area of the Florida ^[3] Peninsula over 24 hours with a trail of destruction from South Florida to Central Florida's east coast shores.

Hurricane Milton made landfall around 8:30 p.m.

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A security agent is offering FOX Weather a first glimpse of the extensive damage Hurricane Milton inflicted on Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays. You can clearly see that most of the fabric covering the stadium's domed roof was shredded, ripped off by the hurricane's ferocious 100-plus mph winds that tore through St. Petersburg, Florida.

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TREASURE ISLAND, Fla.– The Florida ^[2] barrier island town of Treasure Island was still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene when Milton roared onshore nearby Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm.

Helene ^[3] produced a storm

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Milton's destructive force left a lasting mark on Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays' home ballpark.

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ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.– Milton's ^[2] destructive force left a lasting mark on Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays ^[3]' home ballpark.

A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field which has been torn open due to Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024.

A Category 3 hurricane ^[4] battered Florida's Gulf Coast and the Tampa Bay area late Wednesday evening.The storm's

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