That was quick.
As expected, Milton strengthened into a hurricane today; the system has maximum sustained winds of 80 MPH.
The National Hurricane Center says the system could impact the west coast of Florida in the Tampa metro area as a major category 3 hurricane in the middle of this coming week. This impact would come two weeks after Helene hit Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for at least 35 counties.
Officials are also tracking Hurricane Kirk in the Central Atlantic, Hurricane Leslie in the Eastern Atlantic and a tropical wave in the Eastern Atlantic.
