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 has intensified into a hurricane and Florida's coastal residents face "life-threatening impacts," according to the National Hurricane Center, 10 days after Helene struck the state. Milton is expected to landfall as a major hurricane by midweek,

"Given the track over the very deep warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and little shear for the next couple of days, rapid intensification is explicitly forecast," NHC hurricane specialist Eric Blake said at 10 a.