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.

Damage from Hurricane Helene caused a production halt at the largest manufacturer of IV fluid and intravenous solutions in the U.S. Now hospitals and government agencies are scrambling to cope with shortages.

The U.S. government and its agencies are providing recovery assistance and granting import waivers to Baxter International, which makes 60 percent of U.S. IV liquids, after its North Carolina factory was damaged by Helene.

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.