Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying.
On Sunday, forecasters upgraded Milton from a tropical storm to a hurricane a day earlier than anticipated. Hours later, Milton — which was projected to make landfall in Florida with Category 3 strength — is now expected to strengthen to a "major" Category 4 storm within the next two days.
The hurricane was churning in the Gulf of Mexico — about 780 miles away from Tampa — with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, as of Sunday 8 p.m. ET.
Milton is forecast to make landfall Wednesday on the west coast of the Florida peninsula, anywhere from north of Tampa to south of Fort Myers on Florida's Gulf Coast. By then, it is anticipated to grow into a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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