Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida. Click here for the latest on power outages in the state. Nearly two million Floridians are without power after Hurricane Milton hit the Sunshine State late Wednesday less than two weeks since Hurricane Helene's devastation.

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The historic storm batters state with heavy winds, tornadoes and rain. “This was not the worst-case scenario,” Gov. Ron DeSantis says.

Hundreds of Florida residents were rescued Thursday from the aftermath of Hurricane Milton after the storm smashed through coastal communities where it tore homes into pieces, filled streets with mud and spawned a barrage of tornadoes that killed at least five.

Hurricane Milton barreled into Florida's west coast Wednesday.The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane but was later downgraded to a Category 1.It's the second massive storm to strike the region in two weeks.

The hurricane brought life-threatening storm surge and heavy rain to a region that was pummeled by Helene less than two weeks ago.