County leaders have issued mandatory evacuation orders for Manatee County residents who live at Levels "A", "B" and "C".

Lakewood Ranch psychiatrist Stacy Greeter said Post-traumatic stress disorder gets activated from past negative storm experiences.

Hurricane Milton is headed for Sarasota and Manatee counties, causing widespread evacuations ahead of a deadly storm surge.

At the Warner Bayou Boat Ramp in Bradenton, the morning before Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall, waters rose high around 3 a.m. Rain poured down on the homeless and last-minute preppers heading to open gas stations in the dark hours of the morning.

Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman spoke with NBC News' Tom Llamas about how he plans to move first responders ahead of Hurricane Milton as the city braces for a possible direct hit from the storm.

Florida resident Jeff Travis explains why he is riding out Hurricane Milton at home on 'America Reports.'

While Hurricane Milton’s path was in flux as it approached Florida, the Gulf Coast city of some 55,000 seemed sure to receive a blow.