Hurricane Milton is expected make landfall in Florida Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Here's where its expected to hit.
The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metro area — which has a population of more than 3.3 million people — and is menacing the same stretch of Florida coastline that was battered by Helene.It could retain hurricane strength as it churns across central Florida toward the Atlantic Ocean. That path would largely spare other states that were Milton intensified quickly over the eastern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday. Florida Gov.
Forecasters warned of a possible 10- to 15-foot storm surge in Tampa Bay. That’s the highest ever predicted for that location. "Nonetheless, it will be a very destructive storm with a storm surge of up to 20 feet high," Roman said, of how high waves could get."Think of a wall of water." More rain will also start pushing into Florida out ahead of the hurricane, with flood watches and warnings likely as the day wears on.across most of the state, with heavy rain also impacting a wide swath of the state from the panhandle all the way down to the Florida Keys.
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