At 11 a.m., Milton continued moving away from Florida as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph. Portions of the Southeast coast and extreme northwestern Bahamas were feeling tropical-storm conditions and storm surge, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

At 5 p.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Milton was well off the east coast of Florida, about 220 miles north-northeast of Grand Abaco Island. Sustained winds at 5 p.m. were 70 mph, making Milton a Post-tropical Cyclone.

Clayton's Siesta Grille co-owners Randy and Mavis Frey joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how their business was impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as more than 2 million battle power outages.

More than 3 million homes and businesses were in the dark by early Thursday as Milton was exiting the eastern coast of Florida.

Hurricane Milton batters Florida and more than 3 million are without power Authorities are assessing damage even as the region continues to get heavy rains and wind Airports in Florida are affected and operations to remain impacted Flooding emergencies remain in effect Milton moving off coast of eastern Florida Hurricane Milton hits some of the same areas that Hurricane Helene affected only weeks earlier.