Florida
Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5, barrels towards Florida's Gulf Coast
Milton was predicted to weaken slightly to a Category 4 before making landfall Wednesday near Tampa.
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm on Monday and remained on track to slam Florida’s Gulf Coast later in the week.
As recently as Sunday morning, Milton was a tropical storm in the western Gulf of Mexico, but by Monday after... [2738 chars]