Milton, an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane made landfall at Siesta Key near Sarasota, Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern. After making landfall, Milton continued an ...

Hurricane Milton is 130 miles northeast of Progreso, Mexico, and 520 miles southwest of Tampa. Its maximum wind speeds have reached 150 mph, just 7 mph shy of again becoming a Category 5 storm.

Hurricane Milton is 125 miles west of Progreso, Mexico, and 735 miles southwest of Tampa. Its maximum wind speeds have reached 160 mph. It’s moving east-northeast at 9 mph.

NOAA predicts another “above average” hurricane season with between 13 and 19 named storms. Central Florida residents should be ready for heavy rains that can destroy homes within hours, even ...

June 1 is the first day of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, the official start of a six-month period that can bring some of the most destructive and costly natural disasters to American shores.