Chantal was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean Saturday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said ...

Hurricane Milton, a powerful storm that fluctuated between a Category 4 and 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, made landfall near Sarasota as a Category 3 Wednesday night.

Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5, threatening Florida's Gulf Coast. Evacuations and cancelations underway as residents prepare for landfall.

The Category 4 storm is now about 160 miles southwest of Tampa and is moving at 17mph winds of 145 mph, which is down slightly from 160 mph early Tuesday morning, according to the latest NHC update.

Major Hurricane Milton was churning towards Florida's west coast as a Category 5 storm early Wednesday, but it was downgraded to a Category 4 just before 7 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said.

Category 4 hurricane (major): 130-156 mph Catastrophic damage will occur: Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls.

Category 4 hurricane (major): 130-156 mph Catastrophic damage will occur: Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls.

Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall as early as Wednesday evening. The storm comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on Florida’s ...

A Category 4 hurricane could lead to trees and power poles falling, as well as power outages for weeks or months. Category 5: 252km/h and higher (157mph and higher).

Hurricane Milton exploded from a tropical storm to one of the largest hurricanes ever with winds surpassing 180 miles per hour in just a matter of hours this week — leading to calls for a new ...

MIAMI — Hurricane Milton is again a Category 5 storm as it barrels toward the Florida coastline, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday afternoon.

At the moment, Hurricane Milton has been downgraded from a Category 5 to Category 4 storm Goes-East/Noaa/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Do all the shifts in Hurricane Milton’s ...