Hurricane Milton Flings Boats Inland, Aggressive Alligators Onto Flooded Streets

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Hurricane Milton’s devastation on Florida’s gulf coast left residents with some unique challenges on Thursday, like dodging grounded boats on residential streets and aggressive alligators lurking in flood waters.

The latter instance was captured in a chilling video shared online, which showed an alligator lunge at a Floridian’s car in North Fort Myers, just south of where Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday.

That footage shows the massive gator miss its prey but still bite the vehicle’s tire, showcasing its deadly, uber-sharp teeth. The animal is then seen retreating to the dark, flooded street he appeared from.

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