The death toll continues to rise, with some fearing more bodies could be found while Florida prepares for yet another tropical cyclone.
A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday, and forecasters warned that it could intensify into a hurricane and slam into the west coast of Florida next week.
Tropical Storm Milton was about 395 kilometres north of Veracruz, Mexico, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in an afternoon advisory. It had maximum sustained winds of 65kph and was heading north-northeast at 6kph.
