A local business destroyed by Hurricane Michael six years ago is giving back to hurricane victims in Southwest Florida. Six years ago, Roberts & Roberts Inc. had their entire facility destroyed by Hurricane Michael.

If Hurricane Milton makes landfall after midnight, it will hit six years to the day after Hurricane Michael ravaged the Florida Panhandle.

But on Wednesday afternoon as the hurricane began to pummel the state, he stood outside his house and watched as a tornado loomed in the sky. He took video on his phone. The pressure dropped, and his wife said her ears were popping.

Florida residents began repairing damage from Hurricane Milton, which smashed through coastal communities and tore homes to pieces, flooded streets and spawned a deadly tornadoes

As Florida residents in the path of Hurricane Milton make their urgent final preparations before the storm makes landfall, early projections indicate Milton could cause damage on a historic scale. “If Milton stays on its course,