LIVE UPDATES: Hurricane Milton moves toward Florida's west coast as Cat. 4

Tampa Bay is under both a hurricane warning and a storm surge warning this morning, as the National Hurricane Center forecasts that it could be inundated with between 10 and 15 feet of storm surge waters.

Hurricane Milton grew to a monstrous Category 5 storm, and then weakened to Category 4 by early Tuesday on its path to Florida
The storm could weaken back to Category 3 before it makes landfall Wednesday on the west coast of Florida, NBC News forecasters said
Milton had maximum sustained winds of around 150 mph and was located 130 miles northeast of Progreso, Mexico. The storm was moving east-northeast at 9 mph and was about 520 miles southwest of Tampa, the National Hurricane Center said in the 11 a.m. ET bulletin.
Tampa Bay is under both a hurricane warning and a storm surge warning this morning, as the National Hurricane Center forecasts that it could be inundated with between 10 and 15 feet of storm surge waters.
The Florida Keys, Miami-Dade and Broward counties were under a tropical storm warning. Flood watches remain in effect in South Florida. See all severe weather alerts here
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