Hurricane Milton Explosively Intensifies in Gulf of Mexico to Category 5 Storm

Hurricane Milton is intensifying at an alarming rate with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph. The Weather Channel's Dr. Greg Postel has what you need to know.

Posted: October 7, 2024 at 2pm ET.

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[DDee-oikn]

Take your animals with you! Do not leave them behind!

[Hampsterfu]

Don’t mess around with this one. Get your family and pets and leave. It’s going to be really bad.

[Incredible]

It's category 5 hurricane, the worst hurricane. Start evacuating now since you still have time today. It will become dangerous situation starting tomorrow since going to be too many people evacuating at the same time. Now is the time. Fill up extra portable gas tanks, withdraw cash, get canned foods, water bottles, flash light, extra batteries and chargers, important documents, pets and drive or fly to neighboring states now. Praying for everyone's safety ❤🙏🏽.

[Anastsia]

It took the hurricane to become cat 5 for my school to finally close this is insane 🤦‍♀️

[annabrown]

GOD TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE PEOPLE AND ANIMALS GREAT AND SMALL 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[mj]

My cousins left Largo at 3AM this morning for NC. I’m praying for those poor people down there. They’ve endured so much hardship.

[robeettomko]

Prayers for Florida. God be with the people and animals in Florida.

[AG-iulv]

People. RUN. YESTERDAY. Take your furbabies with you.

[jonr]

Great report. Projecting that sense of awe and urgency will save lives.

[BangBang]

People better leave while they have time, I’m a hunker down kind of person but I wouldn’t hang out for this one

[yamil.]

I’m so fed up with these storms being a Floridian for 40 yrs. Time to move.

[lilbitofsouthernspirit]

Mobile Al here. Iam praying for florida desperately. Please leave if you are in the path!

[MHadron]

What some folks forget is that a hurricane is rarely a direct hit. Tropical storms are waved off as they are essentially harmless despite all. But this is a cat5 direct hit. Absolutely the worst of the worst. Get out the state while you still have time. Florida's coast is about to go for a nasty swim.

[Jmcc]

This is insane. Not even 10 days after Helene. Unreal

[Steveriknows]

Gulf's average water temp is 90°. Hottest in history this summer.

[OnlyJalenPhd]

We are evacuating to Orlando, but maybe we should just go North.

[SpiritSky]

My dear God. Please protect all in the path of this storm. 🙏🏼

[joshuacanny]

my dad lives on his boat in Miami. Preying for everyone . Amen

[jaapongeveer]

There's no protecting property from this. We saw that with Helene.

[whyme]

I still remember reports of lots of pets dying in Hurricane Florence 6 years ago. Take the little guys with you. Don't leave them.