Hurricane Milton live: Trajectory, images, and announcements from authorities

The center of the Category 1 hurricane moved out into the Atlantic, the National Weather Service reported. Rain and damaging winds continue to batter central cities such as Orlando and eastern cities such as Daytona.

As the storm moves toward the Bahamas, the weather will gradually improve on the mainland, where damage analysis and repair work has begun.

Data from poweroutage.us indicates that more than 3 million consumers were without power Thursday morning.

Hurricane Milton is leaving Florida's west coast. Warnings have been lifted there, the National Weather Service reported. It is now moving toward the center of the state and east coast, from where it will exit the peninsula.

Despite downgrading from Category 3 to Category 1, it continues to produce damaging winds and torrential rains.

The eye of powerful Hurricane Milton finally made landfall near Siesta Key, in Sarasota County, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after its landfall, the first deaths were announced, although an official number has not been specified at the moment.

Homeowners were forced to take out flood insurance due to FEMA's failure to update maps of high-risk flooding areas. Of the $250 billion in estimated losses from Helene, only $5 billion is covered by insurance.