Forecasters warn the immense and powerful storm could generate “life-threatening” storm surge of up to 15 feet in a region that’s particularly…
. The storm is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday on the state's west coast, threatening life and property with towering storm surges, devastating winds and catastrophic flooding.on the Florida Gulf Coast near Tampa and St. Petersburg, the National Hurricane Center said in its 7 p.m. ET update. Milton had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and was about 35 miles west-southwest of Sarasota, the NHC said.
"It’s time to shelter-in-place from #Milton. Tropical-storm force winds, flooding rains, and tornadoes are spreading inland across FL. Unless a life-threatening situation arises, stay indoors and follow updates," More than 1,700 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were canceled Wednesday and 1,700 more were already canceled for Thursday, according to the flight tracking site
in Tampa that he doesn’t want to be here to see what damage the debris does from not being picked up.The storm landed on the Mexican Caribbean coast on Tuesday, bringing strong winds that knocked down trees and disrupted power lines across Quintana Roo. In conversations earlier today, the heads of the National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center warned of the hurricane's devastating potential, he said.
Lines of cars took to Interstate 75 near WIldwood as Floridians left the area ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall.
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