@abc7chicago: [5 A.M. CT UPDATE] Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward a potentially catastrophic collision along the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers would face grim odds of surviving. The storm is expected to make landfall along Florida's west-central coast as a Category 3 storm late Wednesday or early Thursday, subsequently moving off the east coast of Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday afternoon. Hurricane Milton was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds close to 160 mph as of 1 a.m. ET Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest update. The storm is in the Gulf of Mexico moving northeast towards Florida at around 12 mph.

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Wednesday 09 October 2024 10:40:42 GMT