The flooding is being caused by Hurricane Milton which landed near Siesta Key at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday packing 120 mph winds. It immediately began trekking east-northeast across the state toward ...

And that was hours before landfall. At 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a powerful Category 3 hurricane with estimated wind speeds of 120 mph.