Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying and will strengthen further over the record-warm Gulf of Mexico, potentially to Category 5…
It is then expected to grow in size, which means that although it may decrease in category, its dangerous impacts will be spread over a much larger area.
Milton is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. Its dangerous eye and eyewall could come ashore anywhere from Cedar Key at the north to Naples at the south – including possibly in the Tampa or Ft. Myers areas.
Developing..
For anyone reading this in the path: Take advice, heat advice and get out now if you can. This storm is epic in nature and historic In ramifications.