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 is expected to form Sunday and grow into a major hurricane that will hit Florida’s Gulf Coast with potentially “life-threatening” storm surge, flooding and

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

The National Hurricane Center says people across Florida should take notice: Milton is still just a tropical storm off Mexico, but it's gaining strength and is expected to intensify rapidly as it move

This is a live blog for Tropical Storm Milton. It's a developing story and will be updated with new information as the news happens in Collier County.

Forecasters say Milton is expected to be a hurricane small in size, but there is still uncertainty about both intensity and track.

Gulf Coast residents who are still reeling from Helene are told to prepare for a ‘dangerous’ situation’ as Milton gathers strength.

Tropical Storm Milton is intensifying with the risk of "life-threatening impacts" increasing for Florida's west coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a State of Emergency for various counties ahead of Milton's arrival.