Lucie County on the state’s Atlantic Coast, far from where the hurricane made landfall, one sheriff confirmed some loss of life in his county without providing further details after a tornado struck.
Hurricane Milton left behind widespread destruction as it hit Florida on Wednesday as a dangerous Category 3 storm – the second time in two weeks the southeastern state was hit by a powerful hurricane.
At 5 a.m. this morning, the center of the storm was around 10 miles north-east of Cape Canaveral and making its way toward the Atlantic, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, meaning it is a Category 1 hurricane.