Roof torn off Florida home as Milton closes in – video

As Hurricane Milton approached Florida's west coast, tornadoes ripped through the state with one suspected of hitting Connor Ferin's home in Fort Myers. Drone footage showed his roof torn apart while the rest of his home was heavily damaged. Hurricane Milton lashed Florida's west coast with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities already battered by Hurricane Helene. Millions of people along a stretch of more than 300 miles of coastline were under evacuation orders, just two weeks after Helene cut a swath of devastation

• Seven tornadoes hit Florida in advance of arrival of Hurricane Milton