The normally pleasant seaside town of Sarasota looked deserted Wednesday, with most of its residents gone or seeking shelter as dangerous Hurricane Milton rumbled toward Florida.Sarasota is one of many cities and towns along the west coast of Florida that are girding for Milton,

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, a barrier island south of Sarasota. Widespread flooding was seen in Punta Gorda, a coastal community roughly 40 miles south of where Milton made landfall. Winds caused a crane to collapse onto a building in downtown St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening.