Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday night, packing 120 mph winds as a Category 3 storm and bringing a new wave of destruction to an area already reeling from the ravages of Hurricane Helene last month.
Milton spawned numerous tornadoes, which were being blamed for at least four deaths, according to officials in St. Lucie County, Fla. The storm had also knocked out power to more than 3 million customers and brought a storm surge of several feet to parts of Florida's coast.
As dawn came Thursday, scenes of destruction emerged in Milton's wake as the storm moved across the state and out into the Atlantic. Here's a look at some of the scenes.
An aerial view of Tropicana Field's shredded roof in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., in the wake of Hurricane Milton early Thursday. (Max Chesnes/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Residents are rescued from a second-story apartment complex in Clearwater. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
Damage to a mobile home in Harbor Lights Club, a mobile home park on Long Bayou in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press Wire)
Damage to a home after a tornado ripped through a development as Hurricane Milton tracked across Florida, in Wellington, Fla., on Tuesday. (Greg Lovett/Palm Beach Post/USA Today Network via Reuters)
Residents and their pets evacuate Magnolia Avenue after Hurricane Milton flooded the neighbourhood in South Daytona, Florida. (Nadia Zomorodian/Daytona Beach News-Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters)
A billboard structure is seen after it was uprooted during Hurricane Milton. (Julio Cortez/AP)
A destroyed home after Hurricane Milton in St. Pete Beach, Florida on Thursday. (Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The awning of a restaurant has collapsed on the sidewalk in St. Petersburg due to Hurricane Milton. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
A water rescue boat moves in flood waters at an apartment complex in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on Thursday in Clearwater, Fla. (Mike Stewart/AP)
A house lies toppled off its stilts after the passage of Hurricane Milton, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla. on Thursday. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
A view shows a collapsed construction crane that fell on the building that also hosts the offices of the Tampa Bay Times, after Hurricane Milton made landfall, in downtown St. Petersburg on Tuesday. (Octavio Jones/Reuters)
A drone image shows a flooded street due to Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Fla., on Tuesday. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images)
A motorist drives through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday in Osprey, Fla. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Damaged objects lie outside a building after Hurricane Milton made landfall, in Venice, Fla., on Tuesday. (Marco Bello/Reuters)
In this aerial view, a boat is washed ashore from when Hurricane Milton passed through the area on Tuesday, in Punta Gorda, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A view shows a collapsed construction crane that fell on the building that also hosts the offices of the Tampa Bay Times, after Hurricane Milton made landfall, in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., on Tuesday. (Octavio Jones/Reuters)
A woman looks on from her second-story balcony as residents of an apartment complex are rescued on Tuesday, in Clearwater, Fla. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field, which has been torn open due to Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Tuesday. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
First responders in the water outside an apartment complex that was flooded from an overflowing creek due to Hurricane Milton on Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
Debris and an awning of a gas station on the ground the morning after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Tuesday, in Tampa, Fla. (Julio Cortez/AP)
A drone view shows buildings and structures damaged by Hurricane Milton in Venice, Fla. (Marco Bello/Reuters)
The storm carried boats inland in Punta Gorda, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A crane came crashing down in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
