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Category 3 Hurricane Milton has started to make landfall on the west side of Florida. After producing over 125 tornado warnings and over a dozen confirmed tornadoes across southern Florida, high winds of up to 125 mph are going to begin impacting Tampa and the surrounding regions in just as little as 1 hour. An extreme wind warning (pink polygon) was just issued for the regions. If you didn't evacuate, you must get into your shelter immediately and remain until local media says it is safe.

Category 5 Hurricane Milton has completed it's EWRC (EyeWall Replacement Cycle) and has returned to an intensifying category 5 after dropping to a category 4 this morning. By Wednesday morning it should start detensifying again to a category 3 upon landfall, although a category 4 landfall cannot be ruled out. Most of west central Florida, if not yet, must finish evacuations by noon tomorrow for landfall around late Wednesday night.

Max wind gusts: 175 mph

Current pressure: 902 mb

Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to detensify tomorrow down to a category 3 when it makes landfall near Tampa on Wednesday. People in the Tampa, FL and surrounding regions should evacuate by Wednesday afternoon or prepare for 135 mph winds and up to 15 ft of storm surge. Those in a 50 mile radius from Tampa should rush preparations to completion today and tomorrow.

Current top wind gusts: 190 mph

Current pressure: 905 mb

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