Florida is digging out this morning after the arrival of Milton, the unconscionably powerful hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast around Sarasota last night. Power has gone out for millions; it will take days and weeks to count the dead and assess the damage. But we already have the defining image of the storm: Tropicana Field, home of the Rays, lost most of its roof overnight to high winds.

Here is some stunning drone footage from WXChasing:

The roof, made of fabric over polymer panels (think luxury fiberglass), was built to withstand winds of more than 115 miles per hour, according to the Rays’ media guide. Wind gusts exceeded 100 mph (160 km/h) in the region and the roof began to collapse shortly before 11 p.m. local time. The Trop was designated as a staging area for first responders and disaster responders – and not a shelter, as has been reported – but it is unclear how much damage occurred inside the stadium or to the metal frame of the roof.

This was a once-in-a-generation storm – which, ominously, seems to be happening quite often in the age of man-made climate change. St. Petersburg’s three-hour precipitation total of 9 inches makes it a 1,000-year event (which is more a measure of probability than time). A crane was blown off the roof of a tower under construction, severely damaging the tower’s offices Tampa Bay Times. The wind was so strong that the water was temporarily blown away out of the bay, in a reverse storm surge:

The Tampa Bay region appears to have gotten off relatively lightly, considering the alternative. It’s the storm surge that does most of the killing in a hurricane, and because Milton’s eye struck south of the bay, in Sarasota County, the cyclone’s winds blew off land counterclockwise, rather than bringing in the ocean to flood the population. centers of Tampa and St. Pete.

Unfortunately, this means that areas south of Sarasota, where the storm made landfall, were hit hardest by the storm surge. Communities like Fort Myers and Venice have fewer people and less media, so we haven’t seen as much of the aftermath yet, but they will almost certainly be where the worst death tolls will be suffered.

If you or a loved one has been affected by this storm, the Tampa Bay Times maintains a list of sources.