5 key takeaways from Hurricane Milton’s path of destruction

More than 3 million homes and businesses are without power and at least four people are dead after Hurricane Milton made landfall late Wednesday.
The storm hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane but it weakened to a Category 1 as it made its way eastward across the state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Thursday that the full extent of the damage from Hurricane Milton still isn’t clear, but that his state seems to have avoided the worst-case scenario.
“He told reporters that the worst storm surge appeared to be in Sarasota County, where it was 8 to 10 feet (2.5 to 3 meters) — less than in the worst place during Helene,” The Associated Press reported.
Here are key takeaways from reports on Hurricane Milton:
As of 7 a.m. MDT on Thursday, Milton was in the process of pulling away from Florida, per USA Today.