"The northern eyewall of Hurricane Milton is beginning to move onshore of the Florida gulf coast near Tampa and St. Petersburg where an Extreme Wind Warning is now in effect.

The northern eyewall of Hurricane Milton has begun moving onshore near Tampa and St. Petersburg, the National Hurricane Center said just after 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The Department of Defense has walked back its decision to stop sharing satellite storm data with federal forecasters.

The eyewall replacement cycle that began at about 8am this morning has ended. The 8pm EDT Hurricane Hunter pressure reading was 942 mb, down 2mb from the pressure at 6:45pm.

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As of the 2 a.m. Thursday update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Hurricane Milton has sustained winds of 90 mph, making it a Category 1 storm. But numbers aren't the focus.