Hurricane Milton, now a Category 4 storm, remains an extremely dangerous one for Florida residents living along the west-central coast.

Hurricane Milton's once-in-a-century potential could cause damages of more than $50 billion, with the potential to leave behind devastation approaching $175 billion or more in a worst-case scenario. "A 1-in-100 year event is estimated by some to result in $175 [billion] in losses for landfall in the Tampa region,

Climate change set up the Gulf of Mexico to birth a storm this strong, this fast.