Nearly 100 tornado warnings were issued in Florida on Wednesday ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall.

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

Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, where it knocked out power to more than 3 million customers and whipped up 150 tornadoes. The storm caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit.

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state. Milton drew fuel from exceedingly warm Gulf of Mexico waters,