The National Hurricane Center has been carefully monitoring an area of interest in the Gulf of Mexico, and as of October 6th, the NHC declared it a tropical storm, then upgraded it to a hurricane shortly after.
Hurricane Milton is forecasted to hit Florida and the Orlando area at or near major hurricane status later this week. Now, as it becomes evident that preparations need to be on the way for Florida residents, Governor Ron DeSantis has issued a State of Emergency.