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Hurricane Milton live updates: warnings of major flash flooding as more than 2 million without power in Florida
National Hurricane Center also warns of extreme winds, after storm came ashore south of Tampa
- Full report: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida
- Some locals choose to stay: ‘We have faith in the Lord’
Footage coming in from the Tampa area as Hurricane Milton makes landfall shows the devastating consequences of what Joe Biden has called the “storm of the century”.
Reporters with NewsNation have captured video from Tampa Bay, where the storm sucked water back from the coast. At the mouth of Tampa Bay, a weather station has recorded a wind gust of 100mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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