Millions of Floridians are left without power after Hurricane Milton sweeps across the state.

• More than three million people are currently without power in Florida.
• Near Siesta Key, Florida, Hurricane Milton struck the shore as a Category 3 storm.
• The storm is moving off Florida's coast into the Atlantic, traveling east-northeastward across the state.

On Thursday, millions of individuals in Florida were left without power following Hurricane Milton's spawning of tornados, flooding, and powerful winds, resulting in multiple fatalities.

On Wednesday evening, Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Florida's west coast, south of Tampa Bay, as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. The storm then churned east-northeastward toward Cape Canaveral before moving off the coast of Florida into the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

According to PowerOutage.us, over 3 million individuals in Florida were left without electricity.

On Wednesday, five of the seven reported tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who earlier stated that 19 tornado touchdowns had been confirmed.

According to the county sheriff, at least two people were confirmed dead in St. Lucie County from a tornado that touched down around 4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday at the Spanish Lakes Country Club in Fort Pierce.

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