Hurricane Milton’s strong winds on Wednesday night severely damaged the roof of the Tampa Bay Rays’ home stadium, Tropicana Field, which was provided to workers in response to the storm.

Overhead televisions and still images of the domed stadium in St. Petersburg showed huge sections of the paneled roof being torn off by winds of more than 100 miles per hour.

The stadium’s pitch and stands could be seen in this overheard footage through the spot where plaques once stood. It was not immediately clear whether the interior of the stadium suffered major damage.

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The strong winds also toppled a construction crane at 400 Central Ave. in St. Petersburg, about three-quarters of a mile from Tropicana Field, officials said.

According to a statement from the city, no injuries were initially reported in this area of ​​downtown St. Petersburg.

As recently as midday Tuesday, the Florida Division of Emergency Management said it would be “constructing a 10,000-person base camp at Tropicana Field to support ongoing debris operations and postlanding responders.”

The roof is designed to absorb winds of up to 110 miles per hour, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. And because predicted gusts were above that standard, workers and equipment were pulled from Tropicana Field, he added.

“When it became clear that there was going to be something of this magnitude far away, they moved them out of Tropicana,” DeSantis told reporters Thursday. “There were no government assets located at Tropicana Field.”

The stadium opened in 1990 and is typically busy with playoff baseball games in the final months of October, but not this year.