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You may qualify for FEMA assistance if you live in a presidentially declared disaster area impacted by Hurricane Milton. You can apply:

Get assistance with your FEMA application and learn about other forms of disaster assistance at a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) near you.

Learn about various types of disaster financial assistance. You may be able to get unemployment benefits, help buying groceries, and more.

Find out if you are eligible for an SBA Disaster Loan. These low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration can help homeowners, small businesses, and nonprofits recover from a declared disaster.

If you have a flood insurance policy, learn how to file a flood insurance claim.

Disaster recovery

Finding loved ones

The Red Cross is providing assistance with finding friends and family impacted by the storm.

Missing children should be reported to 9-1-1. You can then contact 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) to receive assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Health

Military and veteran resources

Food assistance, food safety, and agriculture

Immigration enforcement

During Hurricane Milton, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will not conduct immigration enforcement activities at protected areas including:

Along evacuation routes.

Sites used for sheltering.

Distribution sites for emergency supplies, food, or water.

Registration sites for disaster-related assistance or reuniting families and loved ones.

Unemployment and worker rights

Taxes

Weather, maps, and data tools

Banking, finance, and consumer information

Communications

Government agency closures

Images and videos

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Learn how the U.S. government is responding to Hurricane Milton. Find resources to help you recover from the disaster.

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Hurricane Milton lashed Florida's Gulf Coast with flooding rain and winds of 120 miles per hour that left homes - and, in some cases, full neighborhoods - drenched, muddied and dilapidated. At least 24 deaths have been blamed on the storm, officials confirmed to CBS News.

Satellite images illustrate the scope of the damage in coastal communities along the western part of the Florida peninsula, near the Sarasota barrier island of Siesta Key where Milton made landfall Wednesday, Oct. 9, as a powerful Category 3 hurricane.

The images, captured one day after the storm struck the region, show beaches in Siesta Key and Anna Maria Island, another barrier island just north of Milton's landfall site, darkened and damaged, each riddled with murky sand that appears to push inland toward the surrounding streets and buildings. They appear to the left side of satellite images taken of the same areas before the latest hurricane.

CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes flew over Siesta Key with the Florida National Guard on Friday, observing vast devastation from above as loose metal and other debris littered the landscape. This area was among the Gulf Coast communities struggling in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes, as Hurricane Helene rammed into the region less than two weeks before Milton arrived.

Anna Maria Island's beaches remained closed Tuesday, according to the region's severe weather information center, as did government offices like the island's chamber of commerce building. In Siesta Key, a boil water notice was still in place and Fisherman's Haven and Sanderling Road, at the lower edge of the barrier island, did not yet have water restored, Sarasota County officials said.

Another satellite image shows destruction in Clearwater, near Tampa and St. Petersburg, where first responders used high-water vehicles and boats to rescue families who were trapped inside of a local apartment complex.

"We lost everything, I lost everything, there was about 10 feet of water in my apartment right, because I tried to go back in and grab some stuff, and it rising, rising, it was up to my chest," one man who lives in the complex told CBS News.

Some homes in the nearby Tampa area were almost completely submerged underwater after the storm, while the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office conducted dozens of rescues and evacuated more than 135 residents from an assisted living facility.

In Cortez, a fishing village also located along the coast in Sarasota County that was damaged by both Helene and Milton, a satellite shows debris covering roads and the docks that line the waterfront. Both hurricanes battered the historic village, tearing down trees and power lines and reducing buildings to piles of rubble.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune published additional photos of homes and docks in Cortez that completely collapsed. Milton also ripped off a portion the roof of a condominium in the area, with satellite images taken over that section of the village showing debris scattered on the ground and spread across the area around it.

In Manasota Key, on the western coast of Florida just south of Sarasota, Milton's storm surge sent massive boulders and at least one boat up the beaches and hurled them into waterfront buildings. Heaps of sand left in the hurricane's wake were piled 6 feet tall in some places, reported CBS News' Tom Hanson from the island. Hanson described "a devastating scene" and said the sand resembled "snow drift from a blizzard" that coated both the insides and outsides of homes.

The beach was diminished from Milton, Hanson reported, and Gulf waters were much closer to shore than they had been before the storm.

After Milton knocked out power to some 3 million people in Florida, officials said they expected electricity to be fully restored across the state by Tuesday night. Meanwhile President Biden has authorized an additional $612 million in federal aid to help areas in Florida and North Carolina affected by Milton and Helene.

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Satellite images show how Hurricane Milton reshaped parts of Florida coastline

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Satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Milton struck and passed over Florida last week show the extent of coastal damage.

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5 days ago — Milton hit western Florida near Siesta Key, with US officials warning of "life-threatening" storm surge.

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People are putting their phone numbers, and airtags on their cattle, pets and horses incase they get lost

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Help keep yourself, your family and your community safe after Hurricane Helene by being aware of rumors and scams and sharing official information from trusted sources.

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5 days ago — Live updates and developments about Hurricane Milton, which made landfall near Sarasota, Florida , after spawning tornadoes.

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Hurricane Milton lashed Florida's Gulf Coast with flooding rain and winds of 120 miles per hour that left homes — and, in some cases, full neighborhoods — drenched, muddied and dilapidated. At least 24 deaths have been blamed on the storm, officials confirmed to CBS News.

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The hurricane has the maximum wind speed of 165 mph

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The damage in Florida is real

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The Canaveral National Seashore in eastern Florida is closed until further notice to protect visitors after damage from Hurricane Milton.

The National Seashore, operated by the National Park Service, took to Facebook on Saturday to announce the closure. "Canaveral National Seashore was significantly impacted by Hurricane Milton on October 10," the post said.

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida's western coast Wednesday evening. The storm tore through the state before exiting the eastern coast. The storm brought strong wind gusts of 100 mph and heavy rainfall that produced significant flooding.

Apollo and Playlinda beaches were included in the closure, as damage assessment continued through the weekend, the seashore said.

In Playalinda, most of the boardwalks were damaged and need to be repaired before the beach can reopen, the seashore said. Additionally, the beach suffered significant dune erosion and overwash.

Piles of sand from the storm were deposited on Playalinda Beach Road, the seashore said. A flight over the seashore found more sand overwash and breaches at Klondike Beach.

Canveral National Seashore extends nearly 58,000 acres in Volusia and Brevard counties, according to their website.

Dozens of communities in Florida are still cleaning up the damage Milton left behind, and some rivers in eastern Florida are still flooded after Milton's torrential rainfall.

The seashore has not announced a reopening date at this time.

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Damage from Hurricane Milton closes Florida national seashore indefinitely

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The Canaveral National Seashore on Florida's eastern coastline is closed until further notice to protect visitors after damage from Hurricane Milton.

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A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.

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