Hurricane MILTON continued northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico on 8 October as a category 4-5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds up to 269 km/h. On 9 October at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the southern Gulf of Mexico, north-east of the Yucatán peninsula, southern Mexico and approximately 510 km south-west of the Sarasota city area, just south of the Tampa city, central Florida peninsula, with maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (category 5 hurricane).
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports, as of 8 October, 11 counties currently under evacuation order across Florida.
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