Above: Watch WESH 2’s continuous live coverage of MiltonAfter making landfall near Siesta Key earlier than expected Wednesday night, Hurricane Milton is working its way from west coast to east coast.Milton’s straight path through Central Florida and the outer bands that stretched the entire state spawned hundreds of tornadoes and tornado warnings throughout Wednesday, all in addition to torrential downpours, life-threatening floods and damaging wind gusts topping 100 mph.As the state, already recovering from Hurricane Helene, attempts to clean up after Milton, officials will frequently update residents on death tolls, power restoration efforts and more.> Interactive Map: Florida power outages by countyFollow along below to get live updates as Milton dissipates into the Atlantic, leaving behind a trail of destruction. >> Bookmark this page to watch all press conferences and read updates from officials on Milton. All times are in EST.Thursday> 4:40 a.m.: Ron DeSantis is expected to speak for the first time since Milton made landfall, tore through the stateThe governor, along with numerous other state officials, is expected to speak from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee at 8:30 a.m. WESH 2 will stream the news conference in the player above.> 4 a.m.: Milton is approaching Cape Canaveral in NHC’s special positioning advisoryAs Milton moves off the east coast, officials say the system will lose its tropical characteristics and slowly weaken.> 3 a.m.: The National Hurricane Center says Milton is moving through Central Florida with winds of 85 mph, making the system a Category 1 storm. While Milton is losing strength, Central Florida is still seeing intense downpours and strong wind gusts above 80 mph. Most of the area will remain under flash flood warnings until 6 a.m.According to the NHC, Milton is forecast to move off the east coast by sunrise.
Above: Watch WESH 2’s continuous live coverage of Milton
After making landfall near Siesta Key earlier than expected Wednesday night, Hurricane Milton is working its way from west coast to east coast.
Milton’s straight path through Central Florida and the outer bands that stretched the entire state spawned hundreds of tornadoes and tornado warnings throughout Wednesday, all in addition to torrential downpours, life-threatening floods and damaging wind gusts topping 100 mph.
As the state, already recovering from Hurricane Helene, attempts to clean up after Milton, officials will frequently update residents on death tolls, power restoration efforts and more.
> Interactive Map: Florida power outages by county
Follow along below to get live updates as Milton dissipates into the Atlantic, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
>> Bookmark this page to watch all press conferences and read updates from officials on Milton. All times are in EST.
Thursday
> 4:40 a.m.: Ron DeSantis is expected to speak for the first time since Milton made landfall, tore through the state
The governor, along with numerous other state officials, is expected to speak from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee at 8:30 a.m. WESH 2 will stream the news conference in the player above.
> 4 a.m.: Milton is approaching Cape Canaveral in NHC’s special positioning advisory
As Milton moves off the east coast, officials say the system will lose its tropical characteristics and slowly weaken.
> 3 a.m.: The National Hurricane Center says Milton is moving through Central Florida with winds of 85 mph, making the system a Category 1 storm.
While Milton is losing strength, Central Florida is still seeing intense downpours and strong wind gusts above 80 mph. Most of the area will remain under flash flood warnings until 6 a.m.
According to the NHC, Milton is forecast to move off the east coast by sunrise.
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