Hurricane Milton was downgraded to a Category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles per hour after briefly regaining strength to a Category 5 storm Tuesday afternoon.
The latest update from the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) saw Milton growing in size as it neared Florida's Gulf Coast with "damaging winds, and flooding rains expected" across portions of central and southwestern Florida.
"On the forecast track, the center of Milton will make landfall along the west-central coast of Florida tonight, cross the Florida peninsula overnight and early Thursday, and move off the east coast of Florida over the western Atlantic Ocean on Thursday," the NHC added.
