Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as Category 3 storm

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday night with Florida hit with heavy rain and strong winds. A dangerous storm surge of 10 to 15 feet was expected.

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[svenvaltik]

Bro, you don't need to be in the hurricane to tell us there's a hurricane...

[Gloria]

So ABC punishes this debate moderator by sending him into a cat 3.

[imawanderer]

Thank you everyone for all your prayers. It absolutely helps. Downgraded from a category 5 to a 3!

[randymorris]

Keep that camera man close, hes the only thing keeping you guys alive.

[M.L.-ecjg]

Please pray for us from the Tampa Bay area and to all other places that are feeling the effects of Hurricane Milton right now. I am only 30 minutes away from Tampa city, and the winds and the rain are beyond strong. The only thing we can do right now is to stay calm and continue to pray for this horrific situation to end as quickly as possible. It'll be a long night, for sure. 😔🙏🌀🕊

[danny__dimes]

Please please please lord keep my home town and the place I grew up, my beautiful Florida gulf coast safe ❤️❤️❤️ I love you all from Texas

[gabel]

Why do they send these poor people to report live. Get outta there!

[abdozaki]

I pray that God protects everyone, children and mothers, I declare my solidarity from Morocco 🇲🇦🇺🇸

[sergiopayan]

Stay strong Florida! We are praying for you from Houston, TX!!

[lizbilson]

Australia here. Wow …, even at a Category 3 - this is intense. And to think there are 30 odd tornados to deal with as well is just mind numbing. Thinking of everyone in Florida and praying 🙏 for all to stay safe. ❤

[waterdawg]

🙏🏼 prayers for all affected by these storms.

[MaryCharles]

Prayers going up for Florida! Be safe Floridians 🙏!

[southernman]

David Muir out there fact-checking Milton.

[edithdlp]

Love and support from Los Angeles. I hope everyone is safe.

[blu_wulf_]

Coming from a Texan 😔 We love you Florida brethren ❤ Stay strong and praying for ya baby 🙏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼

[janetbrowntlc]

Praying for all of Florida. Thank you sweet Jesus for calming this hurricane some. 🙏

[ronnyutah]

In The Villages Fl and still have power so far, wind and rain are coming in waves. No flooding around my place. Praying for safety near the coast

[wewinusa]

Hope everyone is safe, God protect you

[Famjules]

Dear youtube, just as a reminder, I will never buy or do anything because of your ads.

[cheesewiz]

It amazes me how these people can be on the news telling us what's going on, yet everyone was told to leave, or they will most certainly die. Praying for everyone 🙏.