“Time Is Running Out” To Evacuate As Hurricane Milton Barrels Towards Florida’s Gulf Coast

Update (1315ET):

Milton is about 500 miles southwest of Tampa and is expected to make landfall late Wednesday as a Category 3 storm on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The storm was downgraded from a Cat. 5 overnight to a Cat. 4 on Tuesday morning.

“If the storm stays on the current track, it will be the worst storm to impact the Tampa area in over 100 years,” the National Weather Service in Tampa warned, adding, “Milton continues to pose a potentially catastrophic threat to parts of the west Florida coast.”