Hurricane Milton updates: Hundreds rescued [Video]

Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm Wednesday night, causing widespread destruction and immobilizing critical infrastructure. Hundreds of residents have been rescued so far.

All warnings related to the hurricane have now been discontinued, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its final advisory.

Follow along for updates through the day.

7:45 p.m. EDT: Milton was not as destructive as expected: FEMA

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said Thursday that Milton’s impact was not as destructive as feared, but she is heading out Friday to see damage from some of the tornadoes that touched down in the Florida.

“We did not have the extreme impacts of the worst case scenario that we prepared for, but there’s still so many people that have been impacted by this,” she said at a press briefing in Sarasota.

She said the 38 twisters that touched down in the state cause “significant damage to a level that Floridians have not seen from …