Hurricane Milton Turns Up Couple's Wedding Ring That Had Been Missing for Nearly a Decade

Mar. 15, 2025

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Laura and Basil Yorio of Palm Bay had to evacuate their home before Miltonmade landfallin the state on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as a Category 3 storm. But what Laura found in her yard upon their return came as a surprise.

As the pair told FOX affiliateWOFL, Basil’s long-lost wedding ring — which he misplaced during a construction project nine years before — showed up on their yard when they returned home to survey the hurricane’s damage with their dog.

“It was just sitting there, it was a little bit embedded into the dirt,” Laura told the outlet. “And I looked down and I saw a silver ring and I thought it was a key ring.”

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As it turned out, the piece of jewelry she discovered poking out of the ground was Basil’s missing wedding band, which he said “just disappeared” in the construction project. And even after nearly a decade of caring for their lawn and searching the yard, it didn’t turn up until this week.

Laura shared an image of her discovery with WOFL, showing what the silver ring looked like as it was hidden in the grass. “We’ve been here 1,000 times over the last nine years,” she said. “I have a landscaper who comes once a week, every week, for nine years. Nothing.”

As Laura told the outlet, she believed the hurricane was responsible for the ring being brought to the surface.

“We’re very mindful that a lot of people are going through terrible things, and I feel almost a little guilty feeling happy about all of this, but it was something good,” she said.

As previously reported, Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday, with at least 16 people being reported dead as of Friday, perCNNandNBC News. Five of the victims were killed due to a tornado that landed in St. Lucie County, and Gov.Ron DeSantisrevealed that19 tornadoes hit the stateas the hurricane moved ashore.

Roughly 1.5 million people remain without power in the state as of Saturday, Oct. 12, perPowerOutage.us.

Hundreds of people have also been rescued since the hurricane hit Florida, including135 peoplesaved from an assisted living home in Tampa, a reported500 from a Clearwater apartment complexand several othersrescued from a Holiday Innin Plant City.

source: people.com