After battering the west coast of Florida with winds, pounding rain and storm surge, Hurricane Milton roared onshore near Siesta Key at 8:30 p.m. as a powerful Category 3 hurricane with estimated wind speeds of 120 mph.

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state. Milton drew fuel from exceedingly warm Gulf of Mexico waters,

Hurricane Milton has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane pulling away from Florida's East Coast. Milton will begin to lose it's tropical characteristics and will weaken back to a tropical storm over the open Atlantic on Friday. The storm is expected to dissipate by the end of the weekend.