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(NEW YORK) — Florida authorities began assessing the damage left by Hurricane Milton’s passage across the state early Thursday, as the storm passed into the Atlantic Ocean after a night of high winds, torrential rain and storm surge. Milton made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast late Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane. It came ashore […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (SARASOTA, Fla.) — While it’s still hours away from making landfall and has yet to cause any damage, Hurricane Milton is already rewriting the record books, officials said. “I think for the west-central coast of Florida, this has the potential to be the most impactful hurricane we’ve seen in living memory, given […]

August Frank-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The long-anticipated trial against the man accused of killing four University of Idaho college students nearly two years ago was delayed on Wednesday, court officials said. Idaho District Judge Steven Hippler originally scheduled Bryan Kohberger’s capital murder trial to begin in June 2025, but will now commence on Aug. […]

(REDINGTON BEACH, Fla.) — As Hurricane Milton churns closer, Floridians are still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Helene’s devastation late last month. Debris left from Helene, still in the process of being removed, is likely to pose significant dangers as the next one prepares to make landfall, officials say. On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron […]

(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Milton is forecast to bring a slew of devastation to Florida’s west coast as the Category 3 storm makes landfall in the Tampa area Wednesday evening. In addition to physical damage to the region, power blackouts and cell service outages could last for days after the storm hits, as was seen […]

(NEW YORK) — ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire talks about the music mogul’s return to court on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. Sean “Diddy” Combs accused federal agents and prosecutors of unlawful leaks in a court filing on Wednesday. Combs has been held without bail after he was arrested and charged last month […]

(TAMPA, Fla.) — Tampa General Hospital put its flood barrier to the test during Hurricane Helene late last month, helping protect the facility from record storm surge. As Hurricane Milton is expected to bring record-breaking storm surge yet again to the region, the hospital — located on the bay near downtown Tampa — is surrounded […]

ABC News (MARCO ISLAND, Fla.) — Marco Island, a barrier island off southwest Florida, is under a mandatory evacuation ahead of Hurricane Milton’s anticipated landfall late Wednesday. Though not everyone has evacuated. Michael Sean Comerford, 65, told ABC News he decided to stay and watch his parents’ condo on the 23rd floor of a building […]

Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, FL.) — Storm surge is a major threat from Hurricane Milton, which is set to make landfall on Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday night. A dangerous, record-breaking storm surge of up to 12 feet is expected for Tampa Bay and Fort […]

Hurricane Milton is already causing travel disruptions as the storm takes aim at Florida’s west coast. The hurricane is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Possible record storm surge is anticipated in the Tampa area. Flooding is also a risk throughout much of the state. Mandatory […]