On Monday, Lee County Public Safety Director Ben Abes announced mandatory evacuations for everyone living in Zones A & B. It is imperative to heed this order as soon as possible, rather than putting it off to the last minute.

Knowing what to do, where to go, and who to call during a crisis like a hurricane is mission critical. Activated by Lee County Emergency Management, 211 is now the Emergency Information Hotline for Hurricane Milton.

While the primary focus for Lee County Vistor and Convention Bureau is to market Southwest Florida, they also run another program called "heads in beds" for first responders to a natural disaster.

Southwest Floridians are getting time Tuesday to make final preparations for Hurricane Milton. But some people are frustrated by lack of gas, and by lack of knowledge over what to bring to an emergency shelter.

Find out which Publix, Walmart, and Sam's Club locations are open as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida's west coast with live store trackers.

Milton is starting to leave northern Yucatán and head to Florida. It will move a bit faster today, and the powerful hurricane is expected to make landfall in Tampa Bay around midnight Thursday.

Residents are urged to complete their hurricane preps as Milton will start to indirectly affect western central Florida on Tuesday.

While mounds of debris from Hurricane Helene still sit in front of many homes and businesses in Charlotte County, residents move quickly to do what they can to protect those homes and businesses.

Milton has reached 175 mph maximum sustained winds as it nears the northern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula. Florida's landfall is expected on Wednesday.

Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around FEMA funding.