Live Updates: Milton leaves widespread damage, outages as it starts to move out of Florida

What to Know

• Hurricane Milton made landfall along the Gulf coast of Florida near Siesta Key around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said
• Milton had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and was moving east-northeast at 15 mph when it made landfall
• Life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rains were expected across portions of central and southwestern Florida
• Power was knocked out for more than 2.6 million people across the state from Milton as reports of widespread damage were coming in
• Milton also created a tornado threat throughout Florida on Wednesday, leading to multiple fatalities
• Hurricane conditions are expected in the hurricane warning area across Florida through Thursday morning
• Milton will move across the central part of the Florida peninsula overnight, and emerge off the east coast of Florida on Thursday