PHOTOS: Hurricane Milton

See inside for photos from the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in West Orange and Southwest Orange.

By Michael Eng
| 2:03 p.m. October 10, 2024

Sue Ann Reichard lost a giant tree at her home in the Marina Bay community in Windermere.

Hurricane

Following its landfall on Siesta Key on Florida’s Gulf Coast at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, Hurricane Milton lumbered northeast on its way across the Florida peninsula.

It arrived to Orange County as a Category 2 hurricane and barraged West Orange and Southwest Orange communities with wind and rain for most of the early-morning hours of Oct. 10.

Even after it moved offshore on the East Coast, Milton still was a Category 1 hurricane.

See the damage photos in the galleries below. We will update these galleries throughout the day.

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Michael Eng

As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.