Milton is now a Category 3 storm with sustained wind speeds of 120 mph and is expected to to make landfall on Wednesday evening in Florida.

Hurricane Milton was continuing to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to become a major hurricane later Monday as it inched toward a midweek landfall along the west coast of Florida, where residents are still reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Helene,

Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category 3 storm as Florida gears up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years.