The race to escape is on as an already battered Florida braces for another powerful hurricane. Milton re-strengthened Tuesday into a category five storm with sustained winds of 157 mph or higher.

Hurricane Milton is intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico, reaching speeds of 85 mph on Sunday night as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Dr. Ryan Truchelut, of WeatherTiger, is tracking major Hurricane Milton and is offering running analysis on the catastrophic landfall in Florida.

Hurricane Milton is approaching Florida's coast. ... Here's the special 9 a.m. position update on Milton. Center position: 25.3 North, 84.6 West, 230 miles southwest of Tampa; ...

CBS News flew over Siesta Key, just west of Sarasota, with the Florida National Guard Friday, where Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane.

Hurricane Milton's tropical storm-force winds now are just offshore of the western coast of Florida, National Hurricane Center forecasters said in a 1 p.m. update.

Hurricane Milton felled trees, tore roofs off buildings, and flooded streets, leaving residents of the Florida coast surveying a trail of destruction on October 10, 2024, in a state still reeling ...

In some spots, it can surpass 13 feet. Across Southwest Florida, the storm surge will range between 4 and 12 feet. Remember that a more south landfall will also cause higher storms more south than ...

The National Hurricane Center stated that when Hurricane Milton lands in Florida this week, it is expected to be a category 4 or 5 storm. It was upgraded to a category 5 on Monday. Here's what the ...

Update: Follow live updates on Hurricane Milton here, including the latest on the impact of the storm. The storm made landfall at about 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time near Siesta Key in Sarasota County ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Milton is currently forecast to make landfall in the Madeira Beach area of Pinellas County around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, adding that the forecast path of the storm ...