What we know about Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton, which forecasters say is an "extremely powerful hurricane," is expected to roar into Florida tomorrow or early Thursday.
With the threat of back-to-back hurricanes looming in parts of the state, crews are scrambling to haul away Hurricane Helene's debris before Milton makes landfall.
Milton appears headed for Tampa, where the National Hurricane Center is warning of up to 15 feet of storm surge.
At 8 p.m. ET, the storm was about 440 miles southwest of Tampa, with sustained winds of 165 mph. That makes it a Category 5 storm, but fluctuations in intensity are likely, forecasters said.
With emergencies declared in dozens of Florida counties and evacuations underway, residents have clogged highways and interstates as they make their way out of the storm's path.
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