Milton crossing the gulf; storm expected here Wednesday

Hurricane Milton became a Category 5 as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida Monday. At 1:30 p.m., maximum sustained winds of 175 mph were recorded. The National Hurricane Center termed Milton’s intensification “explosive.”

Most recent updates showed Milton centered about 105 miles west-northwest of Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico - and about 700 miles southwest of Tampa – moving in a northeasterly direction at approximately 9 miles per hour. It is expected to make landfall, likely as a Category 3, sometime early Wednesday evening.

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Evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton began Monday morning - less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene caused 12 deaths and flooded over 15,000 homes in Pinellas County.

Commissioner Kathleen Peters noted that overwhelmed residents have just begun to rebuild from the previous storm, the worst in a century, at a Sunday afternoon emergency briefing. The National Hurricane Center expects Milton to inundate the area with an eight to 12-foot storm surge, nearly double Helene’s local impacts.

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