Milton heading for 9 p.m. Florida landfall as large Category 3 hurricane: Live updates

TAMPA, Fla. − The National Weather Service warned residents to shelter-in-place as conditions deteriorated Wednesday evening while Hurricane Milton roared toward Florida’s beleaguered west coast. Tap below to read the report from USA Today.

Misinformation spreads in wake of FEMA hurricane Helene response| Fact check roundup

Falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the Federal Emergency Management Agency have spread widely online, continuing to circulate even as Hurricane Milton now bears down on Florida. Tap below to read the report by Chris Mueller for USA Today.

Milton threatens to trigger flood insurance reckoning for Congress

Hurricane Milton, a monstrous storm set to hit western Florida Wednesday night, is poised to deplete the finances of the government’s chronically indebted flood insurance program.  Tap below to read the article from Politico via Yahoo News.

What category is Hurricane Milton? Florida has bigger worries than that.

Hurricane Milton, now barreling toward an expected landfall on Florida’s west coast late Wednesday into early Thursday, has been rapidly upgraded and downgraded in the past few days as meteorologists grapple with the storm’s destructive potential. Tap below to read the report from…

Disaster scenario warns of what Hurricane Milton could do to Tampa Bay

Four years ago, a disaster planning project called “Hurricane Phoenix” imagined what the worst-case scenario would be for a hurricane hitting Tampa. Tap below to read the report by Elizabeth Weise for USA Today.