The Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to grow larger on Tuesday, October 8, as it threatens Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on its way to Florida where more than a million people were ordered to evacuate.
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00:00The Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to grow larger on Tuesday, October 8 as it
00:05threatens Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on its way to Florida, where more than a million
00:09people were ordered to evacuate.
00:11With one day for people to evacuate, evacuees deal with traffic jams and long lines at gas
00:16stations.
00:17With maximum sustained winds of 270 kmph, it was expected to grow in size before making
00:23landfall Wednesday.
00:25The U.S. National Hurricane Center forecasts storm surges of 10 to 15 feet.
00:29It was likely to hit the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, home to three million people still reeling
00:34from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
00:37Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on September 26 and killed more
00:41than 200 people.
00:43Milton could decrease to a Category 4 storm by the time it hits Florida.