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Live Hurricane Milton: Cleanup underway as many without power, lots of flooding in Brevard (2024)

Michelle SpitzerFlorida Today

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Brevard County is waking up Thursday to extreme winds, vast power outages and flooding throughout the Space Coast courtesy of Hurricane Milton. A probable tornado touched down in Cocoa Beach on Wednesday.

The storm was a Category 1 when it reached Brevard in the early hours Thursday headed through Cape Canaveral to the Atlantic. It made landfall at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday near Siesta Key as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. By 11 a.m. Thursday, Brevard County was downgraded to a tropical storm warning.

The night was a rough one for Brevard County beginning Wednesday evening when a possible tornado blew through Cocoa Beach destroying several homes and buildings.