Hurricane Milton strengthened rapidly Monday into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida's Gulf Coast. The center of the storm could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region, which has not endured a head-on hit by a major hurricane in more than a century.

Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as the storm is projected to threaten areas of the Florida Peninsula still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Milton quickly intensified Monday morning,