Noah Weibel and his dog Cookie climb the steps to their home as their family prepares for Hurricane Milton on Monday in Port Richey, Fla.Mike Carlson/AP
Another hurricane is barreling toward the Florida coastline.
Forecasters predict Hurricane Milton—now a Category 5 storm—will “remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through landfall in Florida,” according to the National Hurricane Center, a division of the federally-funded National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. As of Monday afternoon, Hurricane Milton was about 700 miles southwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 175 miles per hour. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has since directed millions of residents to evacuate. All of this comes as the state is still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.
It’s against this increasingly alarming situation that there’s growing awareness........