Milton was expected to to become a hurricane late Sunday, with "steady and rapid strengthening" forecast over the next few days.

As of 5 a.m. Sunday, Hurricane Kirk was located about 1,270 miles west of the Azores moving north-northeast at 23 mph with sustained winds of 105 mph. That keeps Kirk a Category 2 hurricane, having lost steam since it reached Category 4 level earlier this week and becoming the season’s third major hurricane.

Hurricane Milton was near hurricane strength Sunday morning and is targeting Florida’s Gulf coast as a major hurricane and the potential for “life-threatening” storm surge,