AFTER MILTON... TAMPA BAY ESCAPES STORM SURGE... 3.3 MILLION WITHOUT POWER... DEATH TOLL UNCLEAR... NYT: Officials and residents were just beginning to tally the damage and death toll early Thursday. The heavily populated Tampa Bay area appeared to have escaped devastating storm surge, but barrier islands along the Gulf Coast reported heavy flooding. In Sarasota, Milton uprooted trees, stripped the sides off buildings and tossed yachts onto the waterfront. [...]