Hurricane Milton live updates. - Citizen Watch Report

Hurricane Milton live updates: Florida bracing for direct hit from monster storm

Preparations and evacuations are underway in Florida, where Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall tomorrow.

Hurricane Milton, which forecasters say is an “extremely powerful hurricane,” is expected to roar into Florida tomorrow.
With the threat of back-to-back hurricanes looming in parts of the state, crews are scrambling to haul away Hurricane Helene’s debris before Milton makes landfall.
Milton appears headed for Tampa, where the National Hurricane Center is warning of up to 15 feet of storm surge.
At 8 a.m. ET, the storm was about 545 miles southwest of Tampa, moving at 12 mph, with sustained winds of 145 mph, making it a Category 4 storm, the second-highest rating.
Earlier, the storm rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane, part of a climate change-fueled trend.
With emergencies declared in dozens of Florida counties and evacuations underway, residents have clogged highways and interstates as they make their way out of the storm’s path
NBC News Lite, a lightweight version of NBCNews.com available in emergency situations when internet connectivity may be limited, has been turned on for readers in Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee.