By Greg Norman , Anders Hagstrom , Bradford Betz , Gabriele Regalbuto , Stepheny Price , Landon Mion | Fox News
More than 3 million people are without power and more than 100 rescue missions are underway Thursday in Florida after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key last night as a Category 3 storm, generating tornadoes that left 4 people dead in St. Lucie County.
Milton, which is a Category 1 storm at the time of this report, has currently moved off Florida’s east coast after lashing the state with destructive winds and dangerous flooding.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that 48 people have been rescued so far and that “hundreds of rescuers [are] engaged in over 125 active missions in 26 different counties” this morning.