Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, causing life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding over Florida’s central peninsula. The hurricane, initially predicted to be a major Category 5 storm, rapidly intensified from a Category 2 to 4, threatening the west coast of Florida with destructive winds and storm surges while originating from the southwest Gulf of Mexico, a rare path not seen since 1867.
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