Hurricane Milton has left a trail of death and destruction in the US state of Florida with reports of more than 3 million customers without electricity. At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in the storm so far.

Milton made landfall Wednesday night along the west-central coast of the state as a Category 3 storm, but it had already sent scores of tornadoes ahead of it that had been hammering these areas.

Forecasters have said Milton has now been downgraded to Category 1 and it will leave Florida Thursday morning and weather conditions will improve gradually.