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‘Prepare for catastrophic impact,’ officials warn as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida

• Hurricane Milton is going to be “deadly and catastrophic”, officials are warning, as millions leave Florida ahead of the storm’s arrival

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

• 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