At 7pm US Eastern Time (10am in Australia) Hurricane Milton's centre was just 50km from Sarasota, and 225 kilometres southwest of the larger city of Orlando.
Hurricane Milton is just hours away from making landfall on the coast of Florida, with the northern edge of the Hurricane beginning to move onshore.centre was just 50km from Sarasota, and 225 kilometres southwest of the larger city of Orlando.
Life-threatening storm surges and damaging winds are expected for parts of central and southwestern Florida.Other top wind gusts along the coast include 109km/h at Venice, 106km/h at St Petersburg, and 96.5km/h at Sarasota. Forecasters predicted a busy Atlantic hurricane season, and it began when Beryl became the earliest storm on record to reach Category 5 status.
In just 46.5 hours, Hurricane Milton went from forming as a tropical storm with 64 kmph winds to a top-of-the-charts Category 5 hurricane.
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