Photo: Hurricane Milton Causes Substantial Damage Across Florida

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene killed over 230 people in the Southeast, another monster hurricane is raging over Florida. Hurricane Milton restrengthens into a Category 5 storm. 

President Joe Biden described Hurricane Milton as "the storm of the century" and urged locals to follow evacuation orders. Tropical storm-force winds, torrential rains, and tornadoes swept inland as the powerful hurricane made landfall at Siesta Key in Sarasota County.

Residents fee Tampa Bay area as Milton aims for Florida. 

However, it is still expected to be one of the most catastrophic hurricanes on record for Florida's Gulf Coast, and its devastation is already being felt across the state. There are even deaths reported.

Brandon Marlow walks through a flooded street in Fort Myers on Wednesday night

Christian Burke stands at the door of his home

Robert Haight looks around his destroyed house

Storm damage is visible along McGregor Blvd. at Moreno Ave. in Fort Myers

A Lee County Sheriff's officer patrols the streets of Cape Coral

Connor Ferran carries his dog out of his home

Heavy traffic flows northbound on Interstate 75 as people flee the Tampa Bay area