FLORIDA IS BRACING FOR HURRICANE MILTON TO MAKE LANDFALL ON WEDNESDAY AFTER IT RAPIDLY STRENGTHENED TO A VERY POWERFUL CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE LAST NIGHT, WITH WINDS OF 180 MILES PER HOUR. GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAYS HE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE PREPARING FOR THE STORM….
TAG: SEVERAL COUNTIES ALONG FLORIDA’S GULF COAST ISSUED EVACUATION ORDERS ON MONDAY. MILTON WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL STORM, MOST LIKELY AT CAT 3, WHEN IT MAKES LANDFALL TOMORROW ON THE GULF COAST. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE AS IT CROSSES THE PENINSULA, AND WE HERE ALONG THE SPACE COAST SHOULD PREPARE FOR CAT ONE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES, WITH THE BRUNT OF THE STORM BEING FELT HERE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.