It was billed as one of the biggest Hurricanes in Florida's history and this afternoon Milton didn't miss. It slammed into the west coast as a category three bringing with it winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour and storm surges which right now are still rising. A number of deaths have already been reported and millions of home are without power. Subscribe to 10 News First to get the latest updates and breaking news: https://bit.ly/37DDbL1
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Millions of people in Florida are rushing to leave their homes, as Hurricane Milton races towards the state's west coast.

Milton, a category five storm, is expected to hit the Tampa area tonight, packing ferocious winds of up to 165mph (270km/h).

US President Joe Biden warned that leaving was a matter of “life and death”, as the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years

It comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four storm, killing at least 225 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.

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