PREVIEW

This photograph and timelapse footage, taken by astronaut Matthew Dominick aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, docked with the International Space Station, on Tuesday (08October2024) shows Hurricane Milton barrelling towards Florida’s west coast.

Hurricane Milton reached the powerful Category 5 storm for a second time early on Wednesday after briefly dipping in strength. It is one of the fastest developing storms recorded having gone from a mere tropical storm to winds topping 180 mph in under a day.

It is on a path toward Florida's central west coast, including the Tampa Bay area, where mass evacuations have seen Florida’s highways filled with those fleeing its potentially historic impact.

The hurricane is forecast to make landfall Wednesday night or early Thursday.
Meteorologists latest forecast track shows Milton making landfall near Sarasota, Florida, just south of Tampa.