Mass Evacuations and Massive Destruction in Florida || Craziest Hurricane Milton Footage

Hurricane Milton slammed the Tampa-St. Petersburg area with over 100 mph wind gusts and torrential rain Wednesday, knocking out power to well over a million in the metro area and damaging the home of the city’s baseball team. St. Petersburg’s airport reported more than three hours of gusts over 70 mph, including seven gusts over 90 mph and a peak gust of 101 mph just after 10:30 p.m. ET. Tampa International Airport recorded a peak gust of 93 mph so far. The ferocious winds caused significant damage to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, where video showed massive tears in the stadium’s fabric roof. The facility is home to the Tampa Bay Rays. Tropicana Field was being used as a temporary staging location for hundreds of first responders. According to local authorities, there were no reports of any injuries associated with the damage to the stadium. Also in St. Petersburg, a construction crane collapsed at the 400 Central building, according to FOX 13 Tampa. There are no
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