It is expected to remain a major hurricane at landfall. Hurricane Milton is maintaining a Cat. 5 status with slightly weaker winds. The 11 p.m. advisory on Oct. 7 from the National Hurricane ...

At the 5 a.m. National Hurricane Center Advisory, Milton was still a Cat 5 storm with winds near 160 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the center and tropical-storm ...

Maximum sustained winds are down to 155 mph with higher gusts. Milton is 2 mph short of becoming a catastrophic category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. While fluctuations ...

Hurricane Milton was the strongest hurricane of the 2024 hurricane season While Hurricane Beryl toppled records for its early-season ferocity, zooming to a Cat 5 on July 1 and eventually gaining ...

Milton's approach stirred memories of 2017's Hurricane Irma, when about 7 million people were urged to evacuate Florida in an exodus that jammed freeways and clogged gas stations. Some people who ...

This live blog has now ended — follow the latest updates here. Lester Holt Reporting from Siesta Key, Fla. Although there has been immense loss and suffering after two hurricanes in 13 days ...

Hurricane Beryl was the earliest Atlantic basin Category 5 hurricane on record. It caused 64 deaths. Hurricane Milton was reported to have caused 15 direct deaths; 12 in Florida and three in Mexico.

But for the faithful in Florida, destructive Hurricane Milton has ... their homes and synagogues as Milton churned off the coast, spiraling into a Category 5 storm. Many — though not all ...