Hurricane Milton churns toward Florida's Gulf Coast

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Milton churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Tuesday as an 'extremely dangerous' storm that could wallop one of the state's major population centers just two weeks after deadly Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.

The system is threatening the Tampa Bay area, which is home to more than 3.3 million people and has managed to evade a direct hit from a major hurric