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.

Here's what's happening with Hurricane Milton in less than a minute. Almost 12 hours after making landfall, Hurricane Milton was in the Atlantic, still as a hurricane.

Hours after Hurricane Milton slammed Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents and officials in the region have headed to the streets, surveying the damage and cleaning up debris left by the major storm. Category 3 Milton,

Millions of people were left without power after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday night.

There are more than 3 million power outages in Florida after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday near Siesta Key.

H​urricane Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, with a major threat to life and property ongoing as it hammers the state with destructive storm surge, devastating wind damage, potentially catastrophic flooding rainfall and several tornadoes.

Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key in Sarasota County. Milton is bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and flooding Wednesday along much of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The backside of Hurricane Milton brought a dangerous storm surge to downtown Sarasota, which turned some city streets into raging rivers.