Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene left more than 230 people dead in the Southeast, another massive hurricane is barreling toward western Florida.
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified earlier in the week to a Category 5 and is expected to make landfall soon as a slightly weaker major hurricane, bringing destructive flooding and life-threatening storm surge.
The storm’s outer bands arrived to the state on Wednesday. Florida officials said it was the “11th hour” to evacuate and urged residents to “get out” while there was still time Wednesday morning.
Connor Ferran surveys what is left of his Fort Myers home after what appeared to be a tornado tore the roof off on Wednesday. Milton spawned several tornadoes as it neared landfall. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Check-in kiosks are covered in protective plastic at Orlando International Airport on Wednesday. The airport ceased operations at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Paul Hennessy/Anadolu/Getty Images
People walk through the Disney Springs shopping complex in Orlando ahead of the hurricane’s arrival on Wednesday. Saul Martinez/Getty Images
Stephen Lundgren lies on the floor of the Vanguard High School cafeteria as he tries to get some sleep at the Ocala, Florida, shelter on Wednesday. Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner/USA Today Network/Imagn Images
Payton Wyse and Andrew Goncharsky pack what they can as they evacuate their Fort Myers apartment on Wednesday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A Lee County deputy sheriff talks to a driver near the Fort Myers Beach bridge, which was closed on Wednesday. Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters
Nicolette Mariano, CEO and aquaculture biologist for her oyster farm, Treasure Coast Shellfish, secures oysters from the farm’s dockside nursery in Sebastian, Florida, on Wednesday. Kaila Jones/TC Palm/USA Today Network via Imagn Images
A man wades through a street in Havana, Cuba, that was flooded on Wednesday. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images
An employee of Roofs Done Right attaches metal shutters to a Palm Beach building on Wednesday. Damon Higgins/Palm Beach Daily News/USA Today Network via Imagn Images
Ted Carlson puts McKenzie, a cat belonging to his friend Evan Purcell, into a pickup truck as they evacuate Purcell’s home on Florida’s Anna Maria Island on Tuesday, October 8. “This place couldn’t handle Helene,” Carlson said. “It’s all going to be gone.” Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly deserted Bradenton Beach on Tuesday. Around them, piles of debris from Hurricane Helene still sit outside damaged homes. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
A hospital worker walks by as an AquaFence flood wall is put into place around Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared this photo from the International Space Station on Tuesday. “We flew over Hurricane Milton about 90 minutes ago,” he said. “Here is the view out the Dragon Endeavour window.” NASA
Aurelio Ortiz sits in his flooded home in Celestún, Mexico, on Tuesday. Lorenzo Hernandez/Reuters
Debris from homes flooded by Hurricane Helene is piled up on curbs in Port Richey, Florida, on Tuesday. Mike Carlson/AP
People prepare sandbags in Orlando on Tuesday. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
John Fedor waits for transportation to a shelter after his flight was canceled at the Tampa International Airport on Tuesday. Chris O’Meara/AP
David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father’s pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP
Heavy traffic flows northbound on Interstate 75 as people evacuate the Tampa Bay area late on Monday, October 7. Julio Cortez/AP
A man clears debris left by Hurricane Helene from his home in Treasure Island, Florida, on Monday. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images
A dock is damaged in St. Pete Beach, Florida, on Monday. Octavio Jones/Reuters
Piles of debris from Hurricane Helene remain uncollected in Treasure Island, Florida, on Monday. Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Domenic Gerald takes a break to watch the latest forecast while packing up his father’s vacation home in Fort Myers Beach on Monday. Marta Lavandier/AP
A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday. Martin Zetina/AP
Contractors in New Port Richey help clean debris left by Hurricane Helene. Mike Carlson/AP
Tropicana Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida, opened Monday as a staging site for workers and operations. Octavio Jones/Reuters
Customers check mostly empty bread shelves at a shopping warehouse in Kissimmee, Florida, on Sunday, October 6. Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images
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