Hurricane Milton is fueling over the Gulf of Mexico as it continues to grow into monster storm ahead of Florida hit. Here's what we know now.

The Category 5 Hurricane Milton was expected to grow larger on Tuesday as it threatened Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on its way to Florida, where more than a million people were ordered to evacuate from its path.

The storm, which has intensified at near-record speed, is expected to produce a devastating surge along Florida’s west coast, probably including Tampa..

Hurricane Milton has weakened slightly into a Category 4 storm, but is still an "extremely dangerous" hurricane, according to forecasters.

Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward the state