Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida

SARASOTA – Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, packing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before.The weather front made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, in a densely populated area on the US state’s western coast.Milton triggered tornadoes before its arrival, with unconfirmed reports of multiple fatalities after one twister struck a senior living community on Florida’s east coast.President Joe Biden was briefed on the “initial impacts” of Milton, the White House…