Hurricane Milton intensifies as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. What we know about the potentially devastating hurricane.

The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metro area — which has a population of more than 3.3 million people — and is threatening the same stretch of coastline that was battered by

Hurricane Milton is an extremely large and dangerous hurricane. It is expected to make landfall late Wednesday along the Florida west central coast with the threat of up to 15 feet of storm surge, flooding and hurricane force wind that will be felt throughout central Florida.