Why Hurricane Milton produced such strong tornadoes — and why future storms could do it again

Hurricane Milton delivered an earlier-than-expected dose of chaos before making landfall this week, as supercell thunderstorms - which feature rotating updrafts and can produce tornadoes - ripped through the state.

The resulting twisters prompted the National Weather Service to issue 126 tornado warnings, and the agency's Storm Prediction Center issued 45 preliminary reports of tornadoes.

In St. Lucie County, five people died after a tornado ripped through a retirement community, making up nearly a third of the 17 deaths reported so far from the hurricane.

As Florida begins the long process of cleaning up and recovering from Hurricane Milton, the ...