Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida, bringing tornadoes, floods, and the risk of storm surges
More than two million homes and businesses are without power, and there have been "a number of deaths" reported on the Atlantic coast
In St Petersburg, on the west coast of the state, the roof of a Major League Baseball stadium was torn off
Milton was a category five hurricane - it has been downgraded to category one, but is still wreaking havoc
Milton comes two weeks after Hurricane Helene killed at least 225 people in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina
From Florida: Emergency services say it's too dangerous to respond to some calls, writes Tom Bateman
Watch: Stadium roof torn by Hurricane Milton's winds
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The head of the US federal (i.e. national-level) response, Deanne Criswell, has just spoken to our colleagues on Radio 4's Today programme.
She says more than 70,000 Floridians are in government shelters after 31 counties issued evacuation orders ahead of the storm.
The hurricane has been downgraded to category one, but she warns a significant storm surge - rising water pushed onshore by the winds - is now forecast.
"The wind, even though it’s decreasing, the threats are not decreasing," she says.
"With the increased amount of rain, with the threat of flash flooding happening, you need to stay put. Don’t go out, try to make sure you’re as safe as possible."
It's almost 4am in Bradenton, Florida and the city's police chief has just spoken to our colleagues on Radio 4's Today programme.
Melanie Bevan says her department - which sits right on the Manatee River - spent the past three days evacuating the office.
Her team moved more than 45,000 pieces of property, evidence, guns and equipment to a safe location - "all in preparation for today," she says.
Bevan and other officers are currently in a new building - opposite the police department - that was built to withstand category five hurricanes and are watching the storm surge come into the river.
"It's several feet in now and we're still reeling from Hurricane Helene that just hit us last week," she says.
Bevan says there were "significant winds" in the first few hours "but this second half - boy, it's it is punching us hard and we're getting 110 mile gust. We see roofs flying, trees flying around. It's pretty ugly out there."
Asked about plans to rescue those who decided not to evacuate, Bevan replies: "I don't think it's going to be rescue once the storm subsides...it's going to be recovery.
"What we'll probably be finding in the morning are bodies...it's bleak in some of these areas."
She says officers told residents to write their name and next of kin on their arms with a black marker "so that we can get hold of somebody to come claim you".
Image source, Getty ImagesPeople headed to a shelter in Bradenton ahead of Hurricane Milton making landfall
From Sarasota, Brenda Griffiths describes the contrast from the hurricane arriving, to being in the eye of the storm.
She was in a hurricane-proof building which had 150mph (241 km) winds hitting it.
"I watched the glass [on the windows] moving, which it is supposed to do," she tells our colleagues on ±«Óătv World TV.
"We had about an hour of that, and then it went eerily quiet. We went out on the balcony and you couldn't see a leaf move. It was really spooky."
Image source, GettyThis picture shows a boat blown into the shore in Sarasota, on the west coast of Florida
"A cement bench flew of the roof of a neighbouring hotel and crashed down next to me," says storm hunter and meteorologist Matthew Cappucci in Sarasota, Florida.
"Traffic lights were flying in the wind and pieces of people's roofs were flying past me," he tells our colleagues on 5 Live. "It is probably one of the most intense hurricanes I've ever seen."
He says that winds have been gusting to 99 miles per hour and that most of Sarasota is flooded in several feet of water, with some areas under several metres.
Cappucci has been staying at a hotel, but doesn't think he will be able to get home "because of all the trees that are down, there are wires down, signs down".
"I do that think that cleaning up will take quite a while," he says.
Image source, Getty ImagesWind and rain have been battering Sarasota in south-west Florida
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People in the Florida city of St Petersburg are without drinking water, after officials were forced to shut down the system due to hurricane damage.
Officials say the shutdown is expected to last "until the necessary repairs can be completed" and this can only be done when it is safe for crews to be outside, the statement says.
All residents have been advised to boil any water used for drinking, cooking and brushing teeth.
Image source, ReutersThis picture shows a collapsed crane in St Petersburg
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Watch: Stadium roof torn by Hurricane Milton's winds
Parts of the dome-shaped roof of a 42,000-capacity baseball stadium in Florida have been torn off by Hurricane Milton.
As winds of 120mph (205km/h) hit St Petersburg, pieces of the Tropicana Field baseball stadium's non-retractable roof were ripped off.
The stadium was being used as a shelter for first responders but there were no reported injuries, according to local media.
The stadium is home to the Major League Baseball team, the Tampa Bay Rays.
Watch: Florida cameras show Hurricane Milton making landfall
More than 2.6 million homes and businesses are without power across Florida, according to the latest data.
There's also a knock-on effect on other states - about 70,000 customers are without power in North Carolina and 37,000 in Georgia.
Image source, poweroutage.us
Tom Bateman
Reporting from central Florida
Here in central Florida the winds continue to howl and groan, with a flash flood warning issued as Hurricane Milton rips through the state.
As it barrelled into the Gulf Coast, 120 mile per hour winds brought a seawater storm surge to communities where residents had earlier been told to evacuate to save their lives.
Two million homes and businesses are now without power. By nightfall many neighbourhoods were desolate, as emergency services warned that it was too dangerous to answer calls.
The incoming hurricane also spawned many tornadoes throughout the day, including a huge twister which crossed a stretch of interstate highway known as Alligator Alley.
On the Atlantic coast police say there have been a number of deaths at a leisure resort after several tornadoes touched down in the space of 20 minutes.
The St Lucie County sheriff described cars flipped over and moved hundreds of yards.
In anticipation of the recovery effort, state authorities have deployed nearly 10,000 National Guard members, with up to 20 million meal packs and 40 million litres of water ready to distribute.
Image source, ReutersA flooded round in Lee County
Hurricane Milton is tearing across Florida, bringing deadly tornadoes and floods, and leaving more than two million homes and businesses without power.
We'll have all the latest lines from our teams in Florida and across the US on this page.
Image source, Getty ImagesA man runs for cover in Fort Myers