Watch a live tracker of Milton as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida.
is growing in strength in the Gulf of Mexico — now a major Category 5 storm — and is making its way east toward Florida, potentially bringing devastating winds and dangerous storm surges.
Milton is forecast to reach peak intensity tomorrow morning. However, it is forecast to weaken as it approaches landfall, expected Wednesday from 6 p.m. ET to midnight as a strong Category 3.The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is now a Category 5 — the highest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale for a storm — with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.
While the county didn't make the evacuations mandatory, authorities did order everyone off nearby barrier islands.Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA Today Network
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