Mayor Jane Castor of Tampa, Florida, dealt out a stern warning to residents living in evacuation areas who refuse to leave as Hurricane Milton’s storm surge likely has the capacity to kill. Milton is classified as a Category 4 storm that could be upgraded to Category 5 at some point.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is warning residents that they will "die" if they fail to act on evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the Florida city. Milton is expected to hit Tampa Bay by Wednesday and travel east across Florida before exiting into the Atlantic Ocean.

As Florida residents are still recovering from the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, those on the Gulf Coast are scrambling to prepare and evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Milton,

A Central Illinois native living in Florida spent the weekend preparing for the impact of Hurricane Milton as it arrives in Southwest Florida Tuesday morning. “If Tampa does get a direct hit, it’s definitely going to be catastrophic,

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will relocate operations to New Orleans as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida's west coast, the team announced Monday.

Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, is primed to hammer central Florida later this week. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers want no part of it.