Hurricane Milton is inching toward Florida's west coast where residents face "life-threatening impacts," according to the National Hurricane Center, a state that is still reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Helene,

Milton is expected to strengthen to a “major hurricane” before it reaches the Tampa Bay area by Wednesday, forecasters said.

The most likely path suggests Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean.