Hurricane Milton LIVE Tracker: Dangerous Category 5 Storm Heads Toward Florida | US News LIVE | CNBC TV18
Hurricane Milton’s wind speeds have slightly decreased, but it remains a Category 5 storm, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center’s most recent advisory.
The storm has maximum sustained wind speeds of 160 mph (260 kph). As of 11 p.m. EDT Tuesday, it was 405 miles (650 kilometers) southwest of Tampa, Florida. It has picked up lateral speed, moving toward Florida at 12 mph (19 kph), and the hurricane center said it was expected to travel more quickly overnight into Wednesday.
Milton was expected to make landfall late Wednesday night on Florida’s west coast near Tampa, but forecasters said “it is critical to remember that even at 24 hours out, it is still not possible to pinpoint an an exact landfall location.”

Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center urged residents to evacuate or make other preparations by the end of Tuesday.Live from Venice Florida as Hurricane Milton has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward the state. Milton is expected to hit the densely populated Tampa metro area.
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified at a mind-boggling rate into a Category 5 over the record-warm Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to grow in size, which means that although it may decrease in category, its dangerous impacts will be spread over a much larger area.
Milton is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. Its dangerous eye and eyewall could come ashore anywhere from Cedar Key at the north to Naples at the south – including possibly in the Tampa or Fort Myers areas.
It’s only been 10 days since Helene scoured Florida’s Gulf Coast with storm surge and slammed into the Big Bend as a Category 4. Now, officials are asking residents – still in recovery mode – to evacuate or prepare for another life-threatening storm.

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