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12-10-2024
ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FLORIDA: At least 16 people are confirmed dead after Hurricane Milton passed through Florida, though the total number of deaths could rise as rescue workers make their way through floodwaters and debris.
More than two million homes and businesses are without power and thousands of people have been rescued from flooded areas.
Officials are warning more flooding is likely in the coming days.
Florida residents are being warned not to visit areas hit by Hurricane Milton, after it brought tornadoes, floods, and storm surges to the state.
Media has analyzed false images and video circulating on social media, claiming to show Hurricane Milton.
The latest in the wake of the storm;
Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday evening
It spent about 12 hours crossing central Florida.
After moving east out of Florida on Thursday morning, Hurricane Milton weakened rapidly in the cooler waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
It has now lost all its tropical cyclone characteristics, and is essentially a small depression well.
There have been at least 16 deaths attributed to the storm, according to media, including in tornadoes that were spawned by the hurricane.
More than 2.5 million customers remain without power in Florida, with governor Ron DeSantis saying the state avoided the “worst case scenario”.
Rescue operations continue, with 430 residents pulled from one apartment complex where flooding reached the second floor balcony and false images circulating on social media, claiming to show Hurricane Milton, have been accumulating millions of views this week.
Satellite images uncovering some of the damage caused by Hurricane Milton’s intense wind and rain have been released today.
One of the photos captured yesterday by Maxar, a US-based space technology company, shows the destruction of aeroplane hangars at Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg on the west coast of Florida.
Several structures appear to be flattened and have lost their roofs. A plane can also be seen amongst the debris, although it is unclear what damage it sustained.
Another image shows that mounds of sand have built up on the streets of Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island. Flooding and piles of debris outside homes is also visible.
In other photos, the roof of Tropicana Field stadium has been almost entirely ripped off and there is extensive roof and ground damage at a coastal apartment block called Waterway Condominium Association in Brandenton.
More than 2.5 million customers remain without power in Florida following Hurrican Milton, according to PowerOutage.us
The site has tracked more than 11.5 million customers and 33 electricity providers across the state. It marks a decrease on yesterday, external, when the site said more than 3.3 million customers were without power.
Insured losses from Hurricane Milton could range between $30bn and $50bn (£23bn to £38bn), credit agency Fitch Ratings estimates.
Its analysis of losses, published on Thursday, says it would be the largest insured loss since Hurricane Ian, external in 2022.
The estimate suggests that insurers will avoid a “worst-case scenario”. Credit agencies were initially concerned that damages could cost the insurance sector $100bn, media reports. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
