Hurricane Milton explodes into Category 3 on track to Florida Gulf Coast

Hurricane Milton Path Map

• Milton was centered 745 miles west southwest of Tampa early Monday moving east southeast at 8 mph.
• Mexico has issued a Hurricane warning for the coast of Yucatan Peninsula from Celestun to Rio Lagartos.
• Evacuation were to start Monday in parts of multiple counties.

What Category is Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Miton strengthened to a mega Category 3 storm early Monday driving winds of 125 mph as it rolled across Gulf of Mexico bound for what could be threatening crash along Florida storm battered western coast.

Milton is forecast to extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane later Monday and maintain for next couple of days. A Category 4 hurricane feature winds of 130 156 mph.

Hurricane reaches the coast but Milton is likely to be a powerful hurricane at landfall in Florida.

The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane watches across Florida and warned parts of state could be overwhelmed by life threatening storm surge flooding rain and damaging winds.

Rainfall is expected to 5-10 inches in few areas of state that were saturated even before Hurricane Helene smashed ashore less than two weeks before.

Isolated communities see 15 inches the hurricane.

8-12 forecast for Tampa and nearby coastal areas.