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Live Updates: Hurricane Milton hits Florida
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Live Updates: Hurricane Milton hits Florida

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Hurricane Milton is far from over in Florida, despite a long night of extreme winds and storm surges that caused extensive damage.

Before making landfall Wednesday evening, Milton spawned more than a dozen tornadoes, at least one of which was blamed for the storm’s first fatalities.

Below are the latest updates from Florida. To read yesterday’s full coverage, click here.

(​4:40 a.m. ET) Here’s the latest on the crane accident

Last night, a crane crashed in downtown St. Petersburg, striking a building that houses the offices of the Tampa Bay Times. Here is what this hour is called about the Tampa Bay Times:

-​ The crane was used for the construction of a new high-rise residential building that was being built opposite the newspaper’s offices.

-​ No one was injured and no one was in any of the buildings affected by the crane collapse.

-The crane fell onto the 1st Avenue South and completely blocked the street.

– This and two other cranes on site are said to be able to withstand winds of 110 miles per hour.

(​4:15 a.m. ET) Everyone is OK after the roof of Tropicana Field was damaged

Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, suffered extensive damage when several roof panels were torn off by Milton’s strong winds last night. The building was used to house key personnel tasked with storm response, and the field was lined with hundreds of cots.

“There were no first responders stationed at Tropicana Field and the essential personnel who were there are all registered and safe,” a spokesperson for the Tampa Bay Rays told ABC News. “Teams will assess the situation more closely when it is safe to do so.”

(4 p.m. ET) Outages top 3 million

According to PowerOutage.us, more than 3 million Florida homes and businesses are in the dark. That’s about one in four customers nationwide.

Not surprisingly, the counties with the largest percentage of customers in the dark are those closest to where Milton made landfall. Nearly everyone in Manatee and Sarasota counties has lost power, and in Hillsborough County, where Tampa is the county seat, there are half a million homes and businesses without power.

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