Hurricane Milton knocked over a towering construction crane in St. Petersburg on Wednesday night, sending the crane collapsing into an office building. The crane was part of the construction of a condo building that’s set to become the tallest structure on Florida’s Gulf Coast once it’s complete, according to city officials.

A construction crane toppled into an office building housing the Tampa Bay Times and left a massive hole in the side of the structure during violent winds from Hurricane Milton. The crane was being used to construct a luxury high-rise 46-story building — the tallest skyscraper in St.

The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, warned residents that cranes at several construction sites across the city might fall as Hurricane Milton passed through, and at the storm’s peak on Wednesday night,