City and county leaders here are warning of flooding and possible hurricane force winds Wednesday and Thursday, as Hurricane Milton moves across the Florida Peninsula. Milton — as of Tuesday evening a Category 5 storm forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast near Tampa — could dump rain onto a St.

St. Lucie County is set to see impacts from Hurricane Milton, with the Emergency Operations Center preparing to have all hands on deck for the storm.“Because of

Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm, is churning toward Florida’s west coast. The Tampa Bay area, home to more than 3.3 million people, is facing the possibility of widespread destruction after avoiding direct hits from major hurricanes for more than a century.