INVERNESS, Fla. - As Hurricane Milton works its way toward Florida, here's what people in Citrus County need to know. Citrus County School will be cancelled for Tuesday and Wednesday. All after-school extracurricular activities on Tuesday and Wednesday are also canceled.

Hurricane Milton strengthened into a dangerously powerful hurricane on a path toward Florida population centers, threatening a 12-foot storm surge in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after a catastrophic Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.

Several schools, colleges and universities have announced they'll be closed in anticipation of Hurricane Milton. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says there’s still much uncertainty about Hurricane Milton, but the state is preparing to open highway shoulders for mass evacuations to come.