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Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton strengthened into a major hurricane that is headed toward the state, and near the same Big Bend area that just got hit.

According to the National Hurricane Center’s Live Hurricane Tracker, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on Florida’s west coast late Wednesday.

Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton strengthened into a major hurricane that is headed toward the state, and near the same Big Bend area that just got hit.

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Hurricane Milton, currently a Category 4, could make landfall in Florida as either a Category 3 or Category 4 storm, models show. Here’s the expected path and timeline.

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It’s not uncommon for hurricanes to threaten the Florida coast in October, but the rapidly evolving Hurricane Milton is not quite the norm, experts say.