Hurricane Milton updates: 10 killed in Florida, 3 million lose power

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• Milton has weakened further and is now a “Hurricane-Force Extratropical Low”, according to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) latest advisory.
• The storm struck Florida as a Category 3 storm late on Wednesday after weakening from a Category 5 storm, leaving more than three million homes and businesses without power and reportedly killing at least 10 people.
• Local officials, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, say that flooding has not been as bad as had been feared – but more storm surges are expected on Thursday afternoon, and residents are being told to continue to stay away.
• As a hurricane it pounded cities with ferocious winds and rain, whipping up a barrage of tornadoes and forcing hundreds of thousands of coastal residents to evacuate inland.
• The storm came less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the region, which has not suffered a direct hurricane strike in more than 100 years.