At least eight dead and millions still in the dark following Hurricane Milton

Among the most dramatic rescues, Hillsborough County officers found a 14-year-old boy floating on a piece of fence and pulled him onto a boat

Flooding from Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Florida (Kairat Kassymbekov via AP)

Rescue teams plucked Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton on Thursday after the storm left at least eight people dead.

Arriving just two weeks after the misery wrought by Hurricane Helene, the system knocked out power to more than 3 million customers, flooded barrier islands, tore the roof off a baseball stadium and toppled a construction crane.