Milton grew quickly into a Category 5 storm Monday morning and is forecast to make landfall in Florida midweek.
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday shows Hurricane Milton churning through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, where it is expected to make landfall midweek. across the southeastern U.S., the state is bracing for another — and likely even more powerful — major hurricane to come ashore.
The NHC says it’s only seen such rapid strengthening in a storm system twice before: Wilma in 2005 and Felix in 2007. Milton is expected to move just north of the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday and Tuesday before crossing the eastern Gulf of Mexico and approaching Florida’s west coast by Wednesday. They say areas of heavy rainfall will impact portions of Florida on Monday, and again on Tuesday through Wednesday night, bringing “the risk of considerable flash, urban and areal flooding,” and the potential for moderate to major river flooding.
“You have an opportunity today to do what you need to do to execute this plan,” DeSantis said. “But time is going to start running out very, very soon.”
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