Milton has rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane as Florida gears up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years.<br /><br />The major hurricane is moving over the Gulf of Mexico and is headed toward population centers including Tampa and Orlando.<br /><br />The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that Milton has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and that dangerous storm surge is possible in Florida.<br /><br />Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida to the Atlantic Ocean.
