More than 100 tornado warnings have been issued across Florida as Hurricane Milton approaches the state’s Gulf Coast, according to the National Weather Service.
Tornado warnings have been issued in Orlando and Central Florida, South Florida, and in in the Tampa Bay metro over the last several hours after the outerbands from Hurricane Milton spread out across the state.
The National Weather Service Office in Greensville-Spartanburg, South Carolina posted a graphic on X (formerly Twitter) of all the tornado warnings that had been issued – a total of 133, as of 5:30 p.m.
St. Lucie County officials confirmed to WPBF 25 News that four people died following tornadoes in the area.
The fatalities were reported in the Spanish Lakes Country Club Village in northern Fort Pierce, in Lakewood Park.
Officials told us that multiple tornadoes touched down in the Spanish Lakes community, and that search and rescue crews are on their way. Deputies and firefighters are going through the rubble in the community.
Before Hurricane Milton made landfall, more than 160 tornado warnings were issued for south Florida on Wednesday, and more than a dozen tornadoes touched down throughout the day.
