Milton maintained hurricane strength as it moved across the Florida peninsula. It is now off the east coast of Florida and has maximum winds of 85 mph and is moving northeast at 18 mph.

Hurricane Milton surged back up to a Category 5 then fluctuated a bit to Category 4 Wednesday morning, with forecasts showing it on a path to hit Florida's west-central Gulf Coast near Sarasota in ...

Florida residents are rushing to finish emergency preparations - or just leave - as Hurricane Milton races toward landfall on the heavily-populated Tampa Bay. Milton is currently a category five ...

Hurricane Milton “rapidly” intensified into a hurricane on Sunday afternoon, barreling through the Gulf of Mexico toward the west coast of Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Florida is preparing for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton, now a powerful Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico, heads for the southeastern U.S. state. The storm’s pending ...

8. Hurricane Milton is expected to continue gathering strength as it moves past the east over the Gulf of Mexico and into parts of the Florida Peninsula, weather officials warned Sunday.

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall just after midnight Thursday near Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf coast as a large and dangerous storm, and it will retain hurricane strength for its ...

Editor's note: This page reflects the news of Hurricane Milton from Sunday, Oct. 6. For the latest updates on Hurricane Milton's path and forecast this week, read USA TODAY's hurricane live ...

Update: Read the latest on Hurricane Milton here as it approaches the Florida coast. Our earlier coverage is below. At 8 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, the hurricane was moving east-northeast at 12 ...

It's a matter of life and death." Mandatory evacuation orders in Florida are in place for 14 counties as of Wednesday morning. At present, Milton is considered to be a Category 4 hurricane ...

Tropical Storm Milton could threaten Florida as a rapidly intensifying hurricane this week as the storm gains steam over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Widespread flooding rains are likely ...

MIAMI (AP) — People across Florida were given notice Sunday that Hurricane Milton is intensifying rapidly and will likely be a major hurricane before slamming midweek into the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast ...