Hurricane Milton devastates Florida: The Picture Show: NPR

Brandon Marlow walks through the floodwaters inundating the street after Hurricane Milton came ashore in the Sarasota area of ​​Fort Myers, Florida.

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Christian Burke stands at the door of his home where he, his mother and his aunt plan to ride out Hurricane Milton on the third floor overlooking Tampa Bay on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Gulfport, Florida. Burke said his father, an engineer, built the concrete home to withstand a Category 5 hurricane and expects his mezzanine in Milton to be flooded by up to 8 feet. A boat dropped by Hurricane Helene sits on his doorstep in Bay Front Park.

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The Segundo family, evacuated from nearby Davis Island, plays a board game with their dog Cassie and watches Hurricane Milton hit Florida's Gulf Coast at the Hyatt Place Tampa Downtown Hotel in Tampa, Florida.

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Max Watts of Buford, Georgia, goes into the parking lot to check on a trailer parked outside the hotel where he is riding out Hurricane Milton with colleagues in Tampa, Florida. Watts, who works for a towing company, was deployed with colleagues to Florida to help after the storm.

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Robert Haight looks around his destroyed home after it was hit by a tornado in Fort Myers, Florida, as Hurricane Milton approaches.

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Ron Rook, who said he was looking for people who needed help or debris to clear, walks on a deserted street in downtown Tampa, Florida, in windy and rainy weather.

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Flight check-in kiosks covered in protective plastic are seen at an abandoned United Airlines check-in counter at Orlando International Airport ahead of Hurricane Milton's arrival in Orlando, Florida.

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Payton Wyse (l) and Andrew Goncharsky pack what they can as they clear out their apartment ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton in Fort Myers, Florida.

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Salvador Gonzalez lays plywood over the windows of a business in Fort Myers, Florida, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force One Chief Brandon Webb, right, speaks to task force members before they deploy to Hurricane Milton in Doral, Florida.

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Florida Army National Guard members search for remaining residents of Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene still lie in front of damaged homes, prior to the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in nearly deserted Bradenton Beach on Maria Island, Florida.

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In this NASA handout, Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm at the time of this photo, is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on October 8, 2024, as seen from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 miles overhead .

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