Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, Wednesday night. The storm is on track to rake across the Florida peninsula after landfall and head into the Atlantic Ocean. Maps show Milton is expected to flood parts of Florida's Gulf Coast with storm surge as high as 9 to 13 feet.

Residents braced for potentially catastrophic storm surge as state pounded by severe winds and heavy rain.   02:10 In its 9pm update the National Hurricane Center warned of a “life-threatening storm surge,