Hurricane Milton Expected To Hit Florida By Midweek

The Weather Channel reports:

Tropical Depression Fourteen has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and now poses a major hurricane threat to Florida just over a week after Helene pushed through the region.

I​n their first advisory on the new system, the National Hurricane Center said that “there is an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts for portions of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula beginning late Tuesday or Wednesday.”

Hurricane and storm surge watches will likely be required for portions of Florida on Sunday. T​his system has the potential to bring damaging winds to the west-central or southwest Florida coast Tuesday night or on Wednesday.

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We now have Tropical Depression 14, which is expected to strengthen into #Milton over the next 12 hours.

Milton is expected to rapidly intensify into a Cat 2 hurricane before making landfall along the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. Most of South Florida is now in the cone. pic.twitter.com/05ZWiLp5w3

— KC Sherman (@KCShermanWx) October 5, 2024

10AM CDT Oct 5: Tropical Depression Fourteen forms in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Forecast to strengthen and bring the risk of Life-Threatening impacts to portions of the west coast of Florida next week. Make sure to check back with updates through the weekend and into next… pic.twitter.com/V8NAaIPohi

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) October 5, 2024

BREAKING: A tropical depression that formed in the Gulf of Mexico earlier today is now forecast to strengthen into an “intense” Hurricane Milton and hit Florida. https://t.co/FTEBfOT6eK Here’s the latest update.

— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) October 5, 2024