ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Milton on Wednesday continues to move through the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Milton will bring the potential for strong damaging winds, considerable rainfall, the threat of flooding, tornadoes and coastal storm surge through the duration of the storm.
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Milton is expected to make landfall late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning and move off the east coast of Florida over the Atlantic Ocean Thursday afternoon. As Milton moves inland, the storm is expected to grow in size, expanding the reach of the strongest winds.
Polk and Osceola counties are under a tornado watch, as of 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday. Click here for list of warnings and watches in Central Florida.
To see county-by-county impacts, click here.
And to see a timeline of when we will see Milton impacts, click here.
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