Milton is forecast to strengthen and bring life-threatening impacts to portions of the west coast of Florida next week.
The US National Hurricane Center says swells generated by Kirk are expected to reach the U.S. East Coast and the Bahamas on Sunday
The storm is expected to "quickly intensify while it moves eastward to northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico and be at or near major hurricane strength when it reaches the west coast of the Florida Peninsula mid week," the hurricane center said. As of Saturday afternoon, it is expected to make landfall in Florida as at least a Category 2 hurricane.
The storm threat comes after Helene made landfall September 26 on Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 and created a 500-mile path of destruction with catastrophic flooding, damaging winds and power outages. Local authorities have reported more than 200 deaths across six states and fear that number could rise.
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