Losses from Hurricane Milton could reach as high as $34 billion, according to an early estimate of both flood and wind damage from research firm CoreLogic, with between $4 billion to $6 billion of those losses being uninsured flood damage.

"Alligators may be observed more frequently in flooded areas after a hurricane or tropical storm," the Florida FWC warns.

Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion in damage to Florida's crops and agricultural infrastructure, according to a preliminary assessment released by the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Thursday.

At least 95 storm-related deaths have been recorded in the state, a total that's still “expected to rise over the coming days," the governor's office said

At least 92 people remain missing in North Carolina, weeks after Hurricane Helene battered the western part of the state, according to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's updated numbers Tuesday.

The National Hurricane Center continued Thursday to track two systems with low chances to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

The National Hurricane Center continued tracking two systems in the Atlantic basin Wednesday, including one that could develop into a tropical depression later this week. The system that could become a depression was described by the NHC Wednesday morning as a "broad area of low pressure" located over the central tropical Atlantic that is producing "disorganized showers and thunderstorms.