Hurricane Milton is expected to form Sunday and grow into a major hurricane that will hit Florida’s Gulf Coast with potentially “life-threatening” storm surge, flooding and

Tropical Storm Milton is threatening to grow into a major hurricane aimed at Florida’s Gulf Coast including Tampa, potentially causing billions of dollars in damage and heaping more misery on a state and region still reeling from Helene less than two weeks ago.

As of 5 p.m. Saturday, the storm was expected to be a Category 3 and hit Wednesday afternoon near St. Petersburg, tracking through Polk County.