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Our News 3 weather team is tracking Hurricane Milton and providing you live updates as they come in.
UPDATE 10/10/24 5:30 a.m.
Hurricane Milton moving off the Florida east coast. On the forecast track, the center of Milton will move away from Florida and to the north of the Bahamas today. Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph with higher gusts. Gradual weakening is expected, but Milton is forecast to become a powerful extratropical low tonight.
UPDATE 10/08/24 8:30 p.m.
Hurricane Milton makes landfall as a Category 3 storm
UPDATE 10/08/24 5 p.m.
Hurricane Milton is once again a Category 5 storm.
UPDATE 10/08/24 11 a.m.
Hurricane Milton just north of the Yucatan Peninsula. On the forecast track, the center of Milton will move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and approach the west-central coast of Florida through Wednesday.
The center is likely to make landfall along the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday night and move across central Florida on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 150 mph with higher gusts.
Milton is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. While fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through landfall in Florida. - Myles Henderson
UPDATE 10/08/24 5:08 a.m.
Hurricane Milton just north of the Yucatan Peninsula. On the forecast track, the center of Milton is forecast to approach the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall in Florida Wednesday night.
Maximum sustained winds are near 155 mph with higher gusts. Milton is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. While fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through landfall in Florida. - Myles Henderson
UPDATE 10/07/24 1:39 p.m.
Milton explosively intensifies with 175-mph winds. Residents in Florida are urged to follow the advice of local officials. - April Loveland
UPDATE 10/07/24 12 p.m.
Hurricane Milton is officially a Category 5 storm. - April Loveland
UPDATE 10/07/24 11 a.m.
Hurricane Milton continues to rapidly intensify over the southern Gulf of Mexico. On the forecast track, Milton is forecast to move near or just north of the Yucatan Peninsula today and Tuesday, then cross the eastern Gulf of Mexico and approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula by Wednesday. Data from NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 155 mph with higher gusts. Milton is forecast to become a category 5 hurricane later today and become a large hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. - Myles Henderson
UPDATE 10/07/24 9:47 a.m.
MILTON RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...Data from both Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has
strengthened to a category 4 hurricane. The maximum sustained
winds are estimated to be 150 mph. - Myles Henderson
UPDATE 10/07/24 7 a.m.
Data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has strengthened to a major hurricane. The maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 120 mph. - Myles Henderson
Milton is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale - Myles Henderson
