Milton has developed beyond a tropical storm and has now strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane.
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00:00Hurricane Milton, when we were here yesterday morning, said this is a
00:03tropical storm might become a hurricane yesterday, but probably by today and it
00:08became a hurricane very quickly. And so not only is it a hurricane, it's
00:12already a major hurricane and it's now a category four hurricane with maximum
00:18sustained winds at 150 MPH. It is expected to make landfall on the west
00:24coast of florida sometime between Wednesday evening or perhaps even very
00:29early on thursday. So we do have a category four hurricane. It is
00:34currently located 745 miles west southwest of Tampa. It does not move
00:39terribly quickly, but that obviously could change going forward. All these
00:43barrier islands, all these areas that would be susceptible to the storm surge
00:49that's up and down the west coast of florida. You should assume that there's
00:53going to be some form of evacuations that are going to be issued by your
00:58local county officials. That is that is going to happen when you have the
01:03potential for storm surge of this magnitude.