The cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph) as it roared ashore near Siesta Key in Sarasota County.

The storm, forecast to make landfall Wednesday evening in Florida, is now a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 175 mph.

By The Associated Press Hurricane Milton dropped to a Category 4 early Wednesday as it churns toward Florida’s west coast.

By Leonora LaPeter Anton and Brad Brooks ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) -An expanding Hurricane Milton made landfall on ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida's west coast Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane. The monster storm came ...

Hurricane Milton is in the process of making landfall as a Category 3 storm in Sarasota County, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly ...

Milton is occurring in a very common area for October. Favored areas of formation are in the southern/western Caribbean, ...

Meteorologist David Heckard said Milton is nearing landfall as a Category 3 major hurricane along the Suncoast. Landfall is imminent in Sarasota County in the next hour. An Extreme Wind Warning ...

There was no time left for people to evacuate ahead of the storm, officials said, and the odds of survival were bleak for ...

Time began to run out for residents to evacuate from the potentially catastrophic path the storm was carving toward Florida.

Hurricane Milton churned toward a potentially catastrophic collision along Florida’s west coast, where millions were ordered ...