Cities were hit with dangerous storm surges as Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday night. Rapidly rising water levels were reported in multiple areas while the hurricane hit the coastline near Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a powerful Category 3 storm at around 8:30 p.

Milton could thrust 15 feet of surge across parts of Florida’s coast between Fort Myers Beach and Crystal River before crossing the state and bringing up to 5 feet of surge to parts of the east coast.