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Melbourne Orlando International Airport to Reopen Friday at 9 a.m. ET After Hurricane Milton

By  //  October 10, 2024

Hurricane Milton impacted Space Coast area as Category 1 Hurricane

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Melbourne Orlando International Airport will reopen Friday at 9 a.m. after closing for Hurricane Milton.

The airport closed Wednesday in anticipation of the storm. Domestic arrivals were set to resume Thursday evening. Departures – both domestic and international – are set to resume on Friday.

Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm Wednesday evening and impacted the Space Coast area as a Category 1 hurricane.

Over 100,000 people lost power in Brevard County due to Hurricane Milton.

ABOVE VIDEO: As FPL restore power and assess damage from Milton, we urge customers to stay far away from flooded areas and downed power lines. If you see a downed power line, call us at 1-800-468-8243 or 911 if it is an emergency. Please report outages on the FPL Mobile App.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Hurricane Milton made landfall in Sarasota County as a Category 3 storm and produced multiple tornadoes and hurricane-force winds as it tore across the state.

For Brevard County, FPL crews have begun to assess damage and restore power to customers affected by Milton and will not stop until every customer has power.

For Brevard County, FPL crews have begun to assess damage and restore power to customers affected by Milton and will not stop until every customer has power. They urge people to avoid flooded areas and downed power lines.

They urge people to avoid flooded areas and downed power lines.

“As we restore power and assess damage from Milton, we urge customers to stay far away from flooded areas and downed power lines,” said FPL spokesperson.

“If you see a downed power line, call us at 1-800-468-8243 or 911 if it is an emergency. Please report outages on the FPL Mobile App.”

WATCH: Live Hurricane Milton update and information with Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey and Emergency Management Director John Scott on Thursday morning. The storm has left more than Brevard 90,000 homes without power, but there was not ant widespread major damage and no deaths despite up to 9 inches of rainon the Space Coast.

Hurricane Milton battered Brevard County as a Category 1 storm as the eye passed over the Space Coast between Titusville and Kennedy Space Center overnight on Thursday morning, bringing high winds, widespread power outages, downed trees and flooding.

The National Weather Service in Melbourne downgraded the hurricane to a tropical storm at 11 a.m. Thursday, and is about 140 miles east northeast of Cape Canaveral with sustained winds of 80 mph and moving east northeast at 20 mph.

On Wednesday afternoon, a tornado touched down in Cocoa Beach, causing limited damage to several homes and commercial buildings on State Road A1A.