Pinellas County officials have lifted mandatory evacuation orders and reopened the barrier islands after initial damage assessments from Hurricane Milton.

Hurricane Milton brought record storm surges and winds to Florida’s western coast as it made landfall Thursday morning, just two weeks after Hurricane Helene smashed the state’s same coast.

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