Milton is likely to begin to brush by the top of the Yucatán Peninsula early Monday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center. By the same time Tuesday, the storm was

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane Monday on a path toward Florida population centers including Tampa and Orlando, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after a catastrophic Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.