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Sarasota should monitor Milton's track closely. Milton could come ashore a bit more south than previously forecast.

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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.

Milton is a dangerous Category 5 hurricane. Floridians need to finalize preps by Wednesday.

Hurricane weary Florida is preparing for powerful Milton. Milton is expected to impact western central Florida on Wednesday.

Florida has ramped up debris-removal efforts and recalled emergency workers who provided aid in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, as residents of Florida’s West Coast face another potentially major storm barreling through the deep, warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.With Tropical Storm Milton expected to become a hurricane before hitting Florida in the middle of the week, state Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie on Sunday urged residents to immediately start putting storm plans in place, which could include evacuating further inland.

Milton is rapidly intensifying and is expected to be a major hurricane as it approaches west central Florida by Wednesday.

Milton is gathering strength and is expected to be a major hurricane as it approaches west central Florida by Wednesday.

Floridians are urged to prepare for another hurricane as Milton is forecast to impact the state next week. The National Hurricane Center is forecasting a major hurricane to impact some parts of the State.