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Instead, Milton veered south, making landfall near Siesta Key and thus sparing Tampa from the worst-case scenarios that many had predicted.

The entire town seemed to be taking a siesta.

After making landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, a barrier island in Sarasota County, Milton barreled east with powerful winds and tornadoes that downed trees, snapped power lines, flipped semitrucks and tossed houses off their foundations.

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday near Siesta Key, off the west coast of Florida.

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key — a barrier island near Sarasota — around 8:30 p.m.