Hurricane Milton exits Florida Thursday morning eastern time, after whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to more than 3 million.
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00:00Hurricane Milton exits Florida Thursday morning Eastern Time after whipping up deadly tornadoes,
00:06destroying homes and knocking out power for more than 3 million.
00:10Tampa Bay, Florida Mayor Jane Castor tells MSNBC, damage from Milton was nothing like
00:15it could have been.
00:16Tampa Bay metropolitan area appears to have escaped without the catastrophic flooding
00:20that had been feared.
00:22Rivers have yet to crest, but so far, water levels are at or below what they received
00:26with Hurricane Helene two weeks ago.
00:29The storm hit Florida's west coast on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane on a five-step
00:33scale with top-sustained winds of 120 mph.
00:37It weakened as it crossed land, dropping to a Category 1 hurricane.
00:41While still a dangerous storm, this was less violent than the rare Category 5 Hurricane
00:45Milton was as it headed towards Florida.