Hurricane Milton update: 5:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7

Within hours, Hurricane Milton "explosively intensified" from a Category 2 storm to a powerful, major Category 5 hurricane. While it's forecast to bring dangerous conditions to Florida and the Tampa Bay area, Milton is expected to weaken before reaching landfall sometime midweek.
Milton came on the scene on Saturday as a tropical storm. Early Monday morning, Milton kicked off a rapid intensification starting as a Category 2 storm. By noon, the storm had strengthened to a large Category 5 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.
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[@jacobforrester9827]

Yucatan is getting chewed up. Good luck to the Mexican folks stuck in place. And good luck to the Floridians who can't bug out.

[@winnumber101]

never seen a hurricane pre-intensified like this, sitting in the gulf as a category 5 and more likely to decrease in speed rather than increase during landfall... unreal

[@FLManDan]

Ya it's almost as if Harpa is real

[@theanswer5431]

Waters in the gulf are near all time highs…

[@gonefishing2216]

Geoengineering

[@CMoore8539]

Very unreal.

[@PETERJOHN101]

They should have named this one Karmella 😂

[@GuldukatCardassia]

Give Milton his stapler! Stay safe FL

[@TheHmm43]

Thank you for including the time in your upload

[@InFiD3ViL1]

I'm in Spring Hill. Shopping for stuff today was insane. Traffic was nuts, gas is either sold out or lines super deep. Grocery stores packed. People are nervous as hell. I feel bad for the folks in Hernando Beach. I drove through after Helene last week and every single house had tons of debris at the curb from the surge damage.

[@jedpittman6739]

family in brooksville. be safe!

[@Patrioticlady]

Prayers and stay safe.🙏

[@johnstrychalski915]

South Carolina sends our prayers to everyone about to be impacted by this ferocious storm. We are still in recovery from Helene -September 27th.😇🙏

[@lakenneth374]

Sen. Graham thanks Biden for the fast response and help to Helene...Trump claimed the opposite sadly:(

[@Gotchalol-u7s]

Give it a bit longer - you guys originally said a 4 max and look…. This bad boy ready and breaking records. Its location of development and growth is incredible.

[@stevenmorrison4692]

It's has zero resistance where it's formed and is currently located.

[@yuanruichen2564]

it's thicc

[@tracamazon]

No one talks about how fast it grew, not normal, not organic!

[@stant7122]

I think the strongest hurricane was 215 mile an hour winds. This won't break that record.

[@Veda-l4e]

May God send his Angels to protect everyone!!! Pray everyone 🙏🙏🙏 9❤❤❤

[@NW801]

Thoughts and prayers work every time.

[@lindamccarrel8873]

I'm betting God is using the weather to punish all the hate-filled people in the south who are racists, sexists, homophobes, etc. and support horrid haters like Trump and DeSantis. God punishes the wickedness. Remember, Jesus exhorted us to love ALL our neighbors, not just racist old white men.

[@johnstrychalski915]

@@Veda-l4e AMEN 🙏

[@edwardmichaels3388]

i just hate nightfall hurricanes

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Its gonna be light they jus wanna scare ya

[@ahb3296]

reckon you better get out while you still can.

[@rebeccamd7903]

@@Isejankhonojanemaren’t you just hilarious. 🙄

[@jedpittman6739]

they really blow if you ask me!

[@beatles646464]

"The hurricanes would never have happened if I were president"

[@TheyCensorUsHere]

I know hurricanes. I've seen hurricanes. Many hurricanes. No one, no one knows hurricanes like I do and I've seen them, I've seen a lot of hurricanes.

[@BRANDONMICHAELCATRON]

Why the quotes as if it was said by anybody but you bud

[@bb79]

Prayers from Texas Floridians.

[@tincup3773]

Milton the monster show

[@stant7122]

Milton Friedman the American economist .show

[@andy91911]

🙏🏽take care everyone

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Just rain like the other day take a chill pill

[@patrickford5109]

You really should not keep reporting you expect Milton to weaken. It will encourage some people to think they can ride this out. Not saying it won't weaken but hard headed fools don't need any encouragement.

[@Randy-l4n]

Ethical and responsible news reports the truth, and they aren't responsible for babysitting, one's feelings, or your decisions

[@SpencerGerman]

I would move and never come back to Florida

[@FXRemoraZ445]

Thank you so much for this warning, I just got it 57 minutes ago, I got hit by Helene and now MILTON?!?!?

[@mariaguerra-eg1kx]

From Texas, praying for you all.

[@shannytown1]

Always at night

[@prdamico]

Milton is PISSED OFF !!!!

[@GuldukatCardassia]

He wants his stapler back

[@raneads1458]

A hurricane killed an estimated 2,500 people in the United States; most of the fatalities occurred in the state of Florida, particularly in Lake Okeechobee. It was the fourth tropical cyclone, third hurricane, the only major hurricane of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane season, and remains the deadliest disaster in Florida’s history to date. It developed off the west coast of Africa on September 6 as a tropical depression, but it strengthened into a tropical storm later that day, shortly before passing south of the Cape Verde islands. Further intensification was slow and halted late on September 7, 1928.

[@patfreeman53]

What ever happened to the idea of being able to drop something in the eye of these hurricanes to help dissipate them? About 20 or so years ago, that was a hot topic.

[@RegulaRegz732]

Hot Topic was a store in malls....

[@Hashslinger13]

@@RegulaRegz732 miss that store.. they had some cool posters

[@ericheine2414]

Fire up the National Guard. Food, water, heavy equipment, pumps, medical supplies- STAT. Let's show them how it's done. None of this hurry up and wait shit.

[@nickyclifeishell3661]

Never seen a storm go to Mexico and bounce back east - WTF????

[@johnfink9020]

HAARP

[@wearethenewsnow3644]

​@@johnfink9020bingo

[@Classyk99]

Yeah this is super weird

[@Gotchalol-u7s]

Everyone in areas of Riverview to Fishhawk better be ready. You guys flood heavy and those falling trees might be an issue with this bad boy. Expect soil saturation so trees may easily topple. If you are watering your lawn? Consider self planted. Everyone else evacuate now - don’t wait for permission.

[@AnitaGDhir]

Man... 3 hurricanes in one year. Florida can't catch a break

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

One "good" thing about this hurricane is that it is a cat 5 over the gulf and cat 5's are small storms in area, much like a black holes captures everything, a cat 5 will capture everything near the eye. As long as you can avoid the eye is the key... Be safe.

[@lifewriter7455]

The forecast say that the hurricane will grow in size at landfall creating 15 feet devastating lifethreatening flood. Evacuate!

[@rebeccamd7903]

What they didn’t say is that it is supposed to expand to encompass a much larger swath of Florida as it deescalates from a 5 to a 3. Still massive flooding for the entire Tampa Bay Area if it hits where they’re saying. I know…I lived there for a long time.

[@peterm7596]

Stay safe, please please get out people, I went through that in 2022

[@tantraman93]

God watch over the air crews that will go again and again right into the eye of the storm.

[@nakendraperry6264]

Lord be with Florida! Jesus we so desperately need you. I call upon your name to allow these hurricanes to lose strength. No deaths, no major destruction or damage. Keep Floridians stay in your care. Amen 🙏🏽

[@Ionneedlove]

U know damn well that god won’t do anything about this 😂😂😂

[@goldeelx2008]

When was the last time we had a normal hurrice?

[@stant7122]

the hurricane that hit Texas a couple months ago. that was pretty normal

[@katiehettinger7857]

If your in an area threatened with storm damage from Milton, I want you to think about Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to call back the House to work on aid for victims of Hurricane Helene. To make it look as if President Biden is slow walking aid. Why would you vote for the party whose presidential candidate said,"I don't care about you. I only want your vote."?

[@larryscott3982]

So Tampa is getting a second slam? Barely 3 weeks apart?

[@omegablast2002]

yes build the panic! we should all be screaming with every update!

[@tammyfazio3900]

Please people get out!!!! Sending🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Be safe

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Its just rain relax 😂😂

[@jungkookwillbethedeathofme]

@@Isejankhonojanemdon’t underestimate storm surge and flooding. just look at what happened with helene.

[@edwardroche2480]

We are having tropical storm Gust in the middle Keys now

[@axiomist4488]

The middle keys are always the ones that get hit the worst . Marathon is a hurricane magnet .

[@hlnbee]

Stay safe!

[@jamessaraceno516]

So how much will the shear and dry sir impact this storm? So how do they know it will down from 170- 125?

[@bsgvlog5640]

Everyone left please take some decent Tiktok videos, remember to wipe the water off the lenses every now and then whole filming.

[@thatbeardedguy87]

I can’t tell if he’s about to cry or throw up… what does he know that we don’t?

[@matthewferguson6524]

He knows it is not going to deintinsify before landfall.

[@Cye-x4t]

It's sent by God because Trump the Antichrist (who's from Florida) keeps saying that he'll being peace to the world.

[@Isejankhonojanem]

@@Cye-x4t😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Keithfert490]

He clearly takes the forecast seriously. Why does his behavior indicate to you that he is hiding something?

[@thatbeardedguy87]

Haha idk man I think they are withholding the true seriousness of this thing to prevent any mass panic. These news stations are suuuuuper limited in what they can say and how they react.

[@axiomist4488]

Those poor people who got hit last week and thought it was over, now theyre getting hit again. What is going on here ?

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

Government using HAARP a lot this year

[@shaywest5088]

Sending prayers 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@mikerichardson7053]

Get out of Florida now!!!

[@aog5844]

The storm will be dissipated before land falls, in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you Jesus, hallelujah!

[@banon7853]

Doesn’t anybody care about Mexico? A lot of the cruise ships go to Merida!! They’re saying 185 miles an hour is going to hit Merida ???

[@Isejankhonojanem]

If you can afford the trip you can pay for insurance

[@wearethenewsnow3644]

I agree. But we can't care about every single person everywhere in the universe. We have to collectively worry about our regions and build from there

[@banon7853]

@@Isejankhonojanem I’m talking about the Mexicans, who live there not us. There are other humans on the planet.

[@banon7853]

@@wearethenewsnow3644 who is we in your sentence like I said there are humans on this planet and the United States has a 10,000 times greater ability to see, forecast, and manage events like this. Very few nations have satellites covering every spectra of the electromagnetic spectrum or our total global coverage of the planet. Everybody uses our information and data.

[@derrian6969]

​@@banon7853 There is too many people to have to worry about. Stop with this Mexico this Mexico that. Southeast Asia gets double the amount of Typhoons we get here but wheres your outcry for them?

[@mjgervais7112]

One after the other. The last one who passed through there, we minimized the risks. A Category 5 hurricane doesn't stop spinning as it approaches land like a car stops at a stop sign, so good luck Florida! You are in my prayers but run Forest run!

[@valerierichardson2666]

Praying for Fl, stay calm and safe❤🫶🏽🙏🏽

[@Karenbutterflyspritasmr]

from all of us on the east coast of FL, we are all praying for you all...PLEASE BE SAFE, TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY..IT'S A MONSTER STORM!!!

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Its bull crap just like the one the other day

[@Randy-l4n]

Looking like a 'new' ANDREW with this rating and speeds! I was in Key West when Andrew came through Homestead. This monster changed all our bldg requirement codes

[@NO-PATS2024]

There’s no this thing is a cat 5 💀💀💀

[@kuzya12]

i already know my house will get flooded in Flager Beach,FL, beachside tho, moving out tomorrow, all prepared

[@hlnbee]

Stay safe.

[@700Level23]

You know that weather girl is a big Birds fan! Go Birds!!

[@scottfurtney412]

Just spoke to a maintenance worker from Pinellas county and he says there is no more room for any more debris. So our neighborhood has 50 ft wide by 20 ft tall debris fields. We are only 2 mi from the Gulf and Dunedin Florida..

[@jchastain789]

All the dunes are already gone.

[@llc1976]

We def need more funding for fema. Ask your Congress person to push a vote on it. These storms will be more frequent and stronger as the gulf waters get warmer.

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Sounds like the agenda

[@jonroesler8155]

Thank these members of the Florida Congressional Delegation who voted AGAINST supplementary FEMA funding just before Helene landed: Representative Aaron Bean of Florida Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida Representative Kat Cammack of Florida Representative Byron Donalds of Florida Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida Representative Laurel Lee of Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida Representative Bill Posey of Florida Representative Mike Waltz of Florida Representative Daniel Webster of Florida

[@konaken1035]

The last storm had heavey rain in GA SC NC 2 days before land fall

[@rickyracerr1]

Why does every news channel show the hurricane as a CGI rendering and not the actual satellite photo of the hurricane???????

[@BM_623]

I'm in Edgewater, FL. Gas stations here are out of gas. Where ya suppose to drive to till you run out of gas.

[@sjs928]

DUDE ! With the storm surge into the bay it’ll be a catastrophic event … God help them , get out NOW !

[@karinglowski9391]

Yes I heard about Florida and Floridian friend concerned they are not helping North Carolina even more. They are crying for water and formula.

[@plainplow]

We need God's mercy.🙏

[@wyldecarde9420]

We need better grammar. ps Bad Bot

[@Isejankhonojanem]

@@wyldecarde9420😂😂😂 this shi hilarious, they say this and that but it's just rain

[@wyldecarde9420]

@@Isejankhonojanem based

[@PixelPiratePlayes]

goodness gracious im in florida. But im in coral springs. Nice.

[@MargaretChapman-k1y]

Shouldn't your bosses be moving you out of there too? You're right in the middle of it.

[@MrJddogg45]

Gonna be 4 or 5 hit watch

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Naaa just rain watch

[@rsjtisfi1]

fake news telling me to leave? i don't think so. i'm staying behind.

[@amcm15]

Andrew was small and punched south Florida with immense force. Heed the warnings.

[@bsgvlog5640]

Andrew was a five, this is a two. The timing sucks but its doubtful it will turn our like andrew considering the improved building codes since that time

[@amcm15]

@@bsgvlog5640 it’s a 5 now according to NHC NOAA/NWS

[@sheiladunphy7232]

How do they know it’s going to turn out? Every time I see new it is extremely worse than before 😮 this morning it was a cat to went to the doctor can out my phone was blowing up it’s a cat 5 so what is going to make this thing turn?

[@vivM.5497]

How do you know where its going.its still going east

[@Keithfert490]

@vivM.5497 because they have science and models of these things that are better than intuition based hunches

[@jmaclaren4147]

Fun fact, th original name for Mickey Mouse is Milton...RIP Disney World.

[@DannyEastVillage]

Don't any of you guys have a Sharpie?

[@ayera001]

Does fort Myers beach get 10 feet of water

[@moniquekennethglass2650]

Why did he just chuckle about that

[@Mo-mr8vv]

It was not a chuckle, it was a choke up

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

He seemed nervous talking about this monster

[@DanL57]

He's a chucklehead.

[@toby-r8z]

2nd comment and alos ty for keeping us up to date on this sence i live here tampa lol

[@747driver3]

Milton going for the Gold.

[@kevbev1524]

I pray for my unkle and kousins. Everyone else can eat gator.

[@michaelvarley3904]

They said same thing for Ian we think the dry air will get in ... there is 5 ensemble saying it will stay a cat 5 and 9 that say 4 or strong 3 .. its a 50/50 if it comes in as a 5 without dry air intrusion or a 3 with dry air intrusion the way I see it right now either way this coast is toast

[@karinglowski9391]

What about North Carolina?

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Just rain

[@otrdriver5917]

Recon? Or weather modification llc.?

[@aimeeinkling]

The Gulf water is warm and is fueling larger storms. That's all. No conspiracy needed.

[@gfish9636]

Cloud seeding 4 sure

[@jedpittman6739]

you heard it here, first.

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Send it to nyc we bored out heeea

[@pedropelaez]

Just here to read the unhinged comments from the MAGAt cult members. 🍿🍿🍿

[@bobpankey4425]

Get first aid kits filled up and ready. Alao a head light so hands can be free. In in where bad flooding a life jacket inportent. Good luck

[@Mynameisgus94]

God loves America...please lower your wrath, Floridians not ready for another monster. Pray all of Florida be safe!

[@repone817]

God is not doing this, either Government or the ppl them selves

[@seanhollibaugh3776]

@@repone817 It's a whether event thats exacerbated by human caused climate change. The only way this was caused by the government is in their inaction on climate change.

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Its just rain

[@seanhollibaugh3776]

@@Isejankhonojanem Lmao

[@GoMrGrumpy]

3:28 Ummmm....

[@sl7813]

Florida is cooked

[@johnmontani7599]

Damn Woke hurricanes.....

[@angieeaton1847]

This is from cloud seeding!! It's on purpose!

[@davidbusciglio5529]

Wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly the case. Brought to you by DAARPA, the climate sabotage wing of the " deep state ", aka the movers and shakers of the " New World Order ".

[@joeswampdawghenry]

I zink ziss is inaccurate

[@QueensNYgirlie1988]

Milton sounds like such a dorky name, but I know this will be anything BUT 🌀💨

[@miltonsantiago6086]

put some respect on my name!😂

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Idk why they always bullshting us just rain

[@ashanibarron]

Evacuate

[@PalmerZora-e1s]

Young Jose Clark Joseph Hall Nancy

[@shannahuffman4655]

Yikes

[@PWIZZLE7]

good news is the government stopped spraying chem trails while they have been cooking up the hurricanes so we finally got some clear skies in the Midwest 😂

[@lisarodriguez2926]

Its an election year. 2020 we had a pandemic 2024 we have hurricanes This can't be election interference but just a coincidence. Prayer's to all affected by these storms and those first responders.. Neighbors helping neighbors❤🙏🕊

[@aimeeinkling]

There are disasters every year. Stop your conspiracy nonsense.

[@WritingRebel82]

Humans are reaping what they sow. 180 mph that's impressive!

[@leoncarter7034]

Jesus christ is about to come please accept him as your personal saviour and keep his commandments (rev 22 ▪︎14 ,jn 14_15)

[@marshachesbro5969]

Bless the ReCon .

[@warrenwilliams6372]

The European model are more accurate than any American models of every storm and hurricane.

[@thebubbacontinuum2645]

Florida should have statewide days of prayer when these storms threaten us, but we are way too woke.

[@Sports_Citizen_1-1-1]

You mean god is punishing Florida for denying that climate change is real.

[@ryane.2202]

What’s that going to do?

[@EnjoySackLunch]

@@ryane.2202literally nothing, but these obnoxious blowhards will get to feel better about themselves

[@EnjoySackLunch]

Is “woke” preventing you from praying on your own? Does prayer not work if it’s not some sort of government regulated task?

[@bsgvlog5640]

Only communists would pray for free. ​@@EnjoySackLunch

[@staywhite8325]

More money for Ukraine!

[@Isejankhonojanem]

Unbelievable

[@anthonybeyond]

Judgement Day.

[@Isejankhonojanem]

😂😂😂😂 just rain buddy