HURRICANE MILTON UPDATE: Storm now expected to gain Category 5 strength | 11 a.m. Monday

#BREAKING MILTON UPDATE: Hurricane Milton is now expected to gain Cat 5 strength. Meteorologist Amanda Pappas is live now with the latest.

Hurricane Milton continues to "rapidly intensify" as it continues its track toward Florida and is now a major Category 4 storm, according to national hurricane forecasters. And, it could soon become a Category 5 storm.

Milton came on the scene on Saturday as a tropical storm. Now, as a Category 4 hurricane, the storm is a major hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.

Florida could see impacts beginning Tuesday evening into Wednesday.

[joeybrown]

Other weather channels are saying it's already a Cat 5. Nobody knows what this storm is gonna do.

[AaronP-kf]

They need to aim their instruments and power that storm up before it makes landfall... We need smart Cities asap and there's too many people in the way

[donna]

when I look for weather reports, i always enjoy the immature ones that say I told you so 🙄🤨

[michaelgatten]

So freakin fine. I only watch the weather for her

[RG]

1:00 I told you this. thanks just what I needed to hear, I told you so

[joeybrown]

She Says: You should evacuate 10s of miles further inland and Not saying you should evacuate to the east coast. That makes no sence at all, bc you will still be in the path of the storm.

[danboyd]

We want to root for the Euro model?
Like our personal feelings will affect the storm.

[alienfriedchicken]

So when it was a 4 at max it was going to hit at a 3, but now that it will be a 5 it will still go back down to a 3? Don't think so 😂😂😂

[aissaledesma]

How could you even say “ you want to root for the Euro “ what about the other people that are going to get affected by it. Seriously you would owe SW FLORIDA anapology if we get hit. We’re supposed to be in this together not rooting for other areas to get hit.

[SomethingShowYou]

I told you so?! what a thing to brag about being right about. obviously she won't be impacted and is being ridiculously calloused. get her off weather plz.

[ceczis]

the windspeeds just keep rising lol...should be a cat 9 by wednesday...i better get the hell out.

[patriciabrown]

It is Hurricane MilT-Ton, not Mil-uhhn!!

[patriciaparsons]

I live south of Tampa. You are rooting for this hurricane to hit me. Choose your words carefully, ma’am.

[ReynaldoAbasr]

run of mill hurricanes is going to destroy all of St Peter-Tampa

[anodyne]

This woman is an irresponsible broadcaster. Her advice to evacuate, for everyone west of I-75, even if they live on high ground and live in solid structures is absurd. She needs correcting and penalizing for this. On top of that she's just talking out of her who-what when she says she "wouldn't be surprised" if landfall is 10 or 12 hours later then the National Hurricane Service is predicting. This is criminal malpractice as a so-called "meteorologist".

[dragongeraldb]

You already told us? who told you, you sound so um, well i don't know but it is bad.

[Sannop]

The worst thing is she can't even commit to the stupid Mil-uhnn... One time there isn't a T and the next time there is. Stop trying so hard to be "hip". I can't take her seriously.