Standing on a thick layer of sand, Adam Robinson’s head nearly reached the ceiling of his beachfront condo in Siesta Key — ground zero for Hurricane Milton.

After battering the west coast of Florida with winds, pounding rain and storm surge, Hurricane Milton roared onshore near Siesta Key at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane with estimated wind speeds of 120 mph.

Kyle Kolaski sorts through a debris pile on Siesta Key the day after Hurricane Milton made landfall there on Oct. 9. On Thursday afternoon, the bridges to Siesta Key reopened, less than 24 hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall there Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm.