Evacuations underway in Florida as Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5
More than a dozen counties in western Florida are under mandatory evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton.
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More than a dozen counties in western Florida are under mandatory evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton.
Much of the area set to be hit by Hurricane Milton has been in shambles ever since Helene, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.
CBS News Chicago talked with one woman who had evacuated from Florida and landed in Chicago, and a former suburban mayor volunteering in Florida for the American Red Cross. Darius Johnson reports.
The National Hurricane Center just released new data on Milton. Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a breakdown.
Hurricane Milton is churning towards Florida, where the race is on to evacuate as Tampa Bay braces for the storm's expected landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Milton is a powerful Category 4 hurricane with a path forecast to bring it ashore along Florida's west coast this week.
There were long lines at gas stations Monday night as people made their way out of the path of the storm. Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a look at Milton's likely track.
Hurricane Milton has intensified to a Category 5 storm, the most powerful type of tropical storm, and is just days away from possibly pounding Tampa, Florida.
Tampa is bracing for Hurricane Milton to make landfall in a matter of days, little more than a week after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida and five other Southern states.
The hurricane is expected to make landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast by midweek. Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has a look at Milton's track.
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