Florida Governor Ron DeSantis provided an update on Hurricane Milton as the storm begins making landfall south of Tampa.

There have already been 116 tornado warnings, with 19 confirmed landfalls across the state, nine flash flood warnings and four additional flood warnings, with many, many more to come,” he said.

Addressing the fuel shortage — more than 60% of gas stations in Tampa and St. Petersburg were without fuel as of Wednesday afternoon, according to analysts at GasBuddy — he added: “When the ports reopen, the Florida Highway Patrol will be ready to escort tankers there . “Gas stations so people have access to fuel when they return home.”

“At this point it’s too dangerous to assess for sure, so you have to hide,” he said.

Nearly 100 tornado warnings were issued ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall

As Hurricane Milton makes landfall, storm chaser and meteorologist Reed Timmer, who has been tracking the storm, shared footage from south of Tampa. Hurricane-force wind gusts (74 mph or greater) were reported along the coast, including a 90 mph gust at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, according to CNN.

More than 311,000 Florida customers are without power as Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Tampa, according to Poweroutage.us. The site tracks a total of 11.5 million users in the state. Most of the outages are on the state’s Gulf Coast.

Florida prepares for Hurricane Milton’s landfall as winds batter the state