Mayor Ken Welch recommended on Tuesday that residents around three construction sites in downtown St. Petersburg and one in the Carillon area should relocate or take other precautions because of safety concerns with high-rise cranes as Hurricane Milton approaches.

Downtown St. Petersburg-area residents learned of a new hazard from Hurricane Milton hours before the storm's landfall: construction cranes that could fail under 100-mph winds.

St. Petersburg issues a safety advisory due to Hurricane Milton, highlighting the risk of tower cranes in construction sites amid growing winds.

The City of St. Petersburg issued a public safety advisory for residents and businesses near several downtown construction sites with tower cranes, as Hurricane Milton approaches with projected wind gusts exceeding 100 mph.