Residents ride in a boat in a neighborhood inundated by historic flooding of the Alafia River caused by Hurricane Milton in Lithia, Florida (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/AP)
At least 10 people are dead in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Milton, as rescuers begin to pick through the debris and damage scattered across the Sunshine State.
Rescuers were still saving people from swollen rivers on Friday, but many expressed relief the impact of the hurricane was not worse as it spared densely populated Tampa a direct hit and the lethal storm surge that scientists feared never materialised.
