Residents look over a crane that collapsed into a building in downtown St Petersburg, Florida, on Thursday.
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The torn roof of Tropicana Field in St Petersburg on Thursday.
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Mallory Tollett comforts her dog Maggie after a suspected tornado went through her family’s property in Port Salerno, Florida, on Wednesday.
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Residents are rescued from their second-story apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday.
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A woman checks on a baby inside a flooded house as Hurricane Milton passes close to the Cuban coast in Batabano on Wednesday.
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A high rise construction crane broke apart and crashed into a building in St Petersburg on Thursday.
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A woman consoles her daughter as medics takes her grandfather into care after he got injured by a reported tornado that hit his house in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday.
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Flooding in Punta Gorda, Florida, on Thursday.
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A tornado-damaged home in North Fort Myers, Florida, on Thursday.
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People leave a rescue boat after floodwaters entered their apartment in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday.
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Lee county sheriff deputies ride in an amphibious vehicle to look for residents stranded in flooded communities in Iona, Florida, on Thursday.
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Houses lie in ruins after sustaining tornado and flood damage in Matlacha, Florida, on Thursday.
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A man gets a few drinks from his destroyed home after it was hit by a tornado and flooding in Matlacha, Florida, on Thursday.
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A water rescue team member walks through floodwaters at an apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday.
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A man clears mud from a restaurant after it was inundated with floodwaters in Punta Gorda, Florida, on Thursday.
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A storm-damaged home in Venice, Florida, on Thursday.
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Residents talk to a motorist on a street littered with storm debris in Venice, Florida, on Thursday.
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Toppled palm trees on Anna Maria Island, Florida, on Thursday.
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A woman reacts to her damaged home in Wellington, Florida, on Wednesday.
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A woman walks near a damaged beachside property in Venice, Florida, on Thursday.
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