Hurricane Milton by the numbers: an EF3 tornado and 'blowout tide'

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, at 8:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The storm has knocked out power to millions of people in Florida and has caused at least 10 deaths. As residents pick up the pieces, these are some of the astounding numbers associated with the destructive storm.

$160-180 billion

AccuWeather preliminarily estimates the total damage and economic loss from historic Hurricane Milton will be between $160 billion and $180 billion. Milton will go down as one of the most damaging and impactful storms in Florida history, along with Hurricane Helene’s estimated total damage and economic loss of $225-250 billion just two weeks ago, which resulted in significant damage from the Gulf Coast of Florida to the southern Appalachians, where a catastrophic flooding disa