News / Florida evacuates as cat-4 hurricane ‘Milton’ set to strike tonight

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Hurricane Milton will hit Florida tonight, amid highways jammed with evacuating families, National Guard deployment, grounded cargo and passenger planes ? and what could be a second tropical storm forming to the east of the state.

The hurricane, currently a category 5 but expected to be category 4 by the time it makes landfall, is around 300nm away from Tampa, and is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow.

A storm surge of as ...