Hurricane Milton was downgraded to a Category 2 storm mere hours after making landfall near Sarasota along Florida's western coast Wednesday night, according to forecasters.

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding

Hurricane Milton made a damaging category 3 landfall in Siesta Key, Sarasota County last night, which is south of Tampa Bay and so the worst case loss