The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds on Wednesday night. 830pm EDT Oct 9th: Doppler radar data ...

Milton’s landfall marks the sixth time in history that Florida had three hurricanes make landfall in a single year That’s according to Colorado State University senior research scientist Phil ...

As for Alabama, the National Weather Service in Mobile plans to raise the risk of rip currents along the Alabama and northwest Florida coasts to high starting on Monday and lasting into Tuesday night.

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Areas of Florida near Orlando will see the worst of Hurricane Milton between noon on Wednesday and 6 a.m. on Thursday, with wind gusts approaching 120 mph and 8 to 12 inches of rain.

Milton began intensifying on Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea, fueled by unusually warm Gulf waters. The storm currently has sustained winds of 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Below are the other strongest Gulf hurricanes in history and how they stack up against Milton. No. 1 Hurricane Rita, 2005 — 895 mb. Hurricane Rita slammed into the Louisiana coastline on ...

But as Milton bore down on Siesta Key, Twin City was still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Sept. 26 and wrecked much of the mobile home park.