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Deaths expected to rise as Florida begins to assess Hurricane Milton destruction
State battered by category 3 storm overnight, leaving more than 3.4m homes and businesses without power
The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to at least 10 on Thursday as Florida continued to assess the damage from the category 3 storm that caused extensive property damage across the state and left more than 3.5m homes and businesses without power.
Five fatalities were in a senior community in St Lucie county that was struck by a tornado formed in Milton’s outer bands, authorities there said. The tornado happened before the hurricane made landfall near Sarasota on Florida’s western coast on Wednesday evening.
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