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Hurricane Milton remains a powerful Category 5 storm which is expected to make landfall in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area later on Wednesday or in the early hours of Thursday.
The National Hurricane Center posted an update at 4 a.m. (ET) on Oct. 9, saying, “Milton remains a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane … forecast to make landfall on the Florida gulf coast late tonight as a dangerous major hurricane.”
The Tampa Bay area has a population of around 3.3 million, making it the second-most populous in the state after the Miami area….