In this aerial view, a boat rests in a street after it was washed ashore when Hurricane Milton passed through the area on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Photos: Hurricane Milton brings devastation across Florida. By Mhari Shaw (NPR) and Korva Coleman (NPR) Oct. 10, 2024 1:37 p.m. ... 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Hurricane Milton: Images From Florida, Before and After the Storm. ... Widespread flooding was seen in Punta Gorda, a coastal community roughly 40 miles south of where Milton made landfall.

In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on Oct. 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

PUNTA GORDA - OCTOBER 10: In this aerial view, a boat is washed ashore from when Hurricane Milton passed through the area on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

People ride bikes along a street in Punta Gorda, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Carlos Osorio for NPR A boat is submerged in the middle of the Peace River in Punta ...

Newly released aerial imagery from NOAA now reveals the extent of the damage along portions of Florida’s coast around Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Punta Gorda. Cape Coral ...

In Punta Gorda, Florida, about 25 miles north of Fort Myers, a line of trees in front of a home near Charlotte Harbor was almost completely stripped of their branches from the dangerously high winds.

In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on Oct. 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on Oct. 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on Oct. 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.

In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on Oct. 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida. READ MORE:Photos: Hurricane ...