Milton is likely to become a major hurricane before hitting Florida on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify in the next couple of days in the Gulf of Mexico and become a major hurricane on Monday, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later today. In an advisory on Sunday morning, National Hurricane Center (NHC) meteorologists said Milton may turn into a "major hurricane" as it travels across the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico toward the west coast of