Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Tropical Storm Milton is expected to intensify into a hurricane on Sunday and make landfall in Florida midweek. A week after Hurricane Helene cut a path of death and destruction across the Southeast, another potentially dangerous storm is heading for the Sunshine State. Tropical Storm Milton—currently traveling northeast at 3 m.
p.h. across the Gulf of Mexico with sustained wind speeds of 40 m.
p.h.—is making its way for Florida’s west coast and expected to make landfall midweek as a hurricane .
“Milton is forecast to remain over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico through Sunday night, then move across the south-central Gulf of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, and approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula by midweek,” the hurricane center’s 5 p.m. ET advisory said.
“ Milton is forecast to become a hurricane Sunday night, and it could become a major hurricane while it moves across the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico.” The Department of Transportation requires all airlines to offer customers a refund if their flights are canceled or significantly delayed due to reasons within the airline’s control. But that rule does not pertain to weather-related delays and cancellations.
Milton is expected to slam into Florida's Gulf Coast as a hurricane on Tuesday. Tropical Storm Milton: Airline Travel Advisories In advance of the storm making landfall, one major U.S.
airline is already issuing travel waivers allowing p.