Earlier Monday Milton's winds surged past 175 mph and beyond, exceeding the threshold for Category 5 storm by a significant margin. The storm's wind speeds had more than doubled in 48 hours.

Hurricane Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Monday as it takes aim at Florida's west coast. Landfall is expected as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.

If it remains on its current path, Milton could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa area in over 100 years. The hurricane is one of only 40 hurricanes on record that have escalated to a Category 5 ...

Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as forecasters expect the storm to quickly strengthen into a major hurricane over the next few days. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

As cities across the southeastern U.S. slowly recover from Helene's path of destruction, another potential threat looms in the Gulf: Tropical Storm Milton. Tropical Depression 14 quickly became ...

Tropical Storm Milton formed in the western Gulf on Saturday morning just hours after it became a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said in a special alert. The 13th named storm ...

Drowning deaths due to storm surge are 100% preventable if you leave.” Evacuations on much of Florida’s west coast barrier islands have already begun. “We had situations where people died of ...

Tropical Storm Milton formed in the western Gulf on Saturday morning, just hours after it became a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said in a special alert. The 13th named storm ...

Those speeds increased by 95 mph in 24 hours and by 120 mph in 36 hours. The storm rapidly strengthened from Category 2 to 5 in just a few hours on Monday. By Tuesday, Milton's intensity "should ...

Coverage for this live blog has ended. Follow the latest here. Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Monday, intensifying “explosively,” as its wind speeds grew by roughly ...

MIAMI (AP) — People across Florida were given notice Sunday that Hurricane Milton is expected to intensify rapidly into a major hurricane before slamming midweek into the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast.

Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg that Hurricane Helene’s storm surge ... its eye was 100 miles offshore.