Tropical Storm Milton now in the Gulf, taking aim at Florida next week

Tropical Depression 14 formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday morning, but was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Milton shortly after.

Milton was upgraded to a Tropical Storm about two hours after it was designated as a tropical depression. 

Not much has changed with Milton except the minor strengthening to tropical-storm stateus. It has maximum winds of 40 mph and is moving north northeast at 3 mph. 

The track won’t be identical to Helene, but regardless of intensity, heavy rain, wind and storm surge is forecasted for the Florida peninsula next week. 

Here’s a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

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