AccuWeather
AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn that the worst impacts from Milton will be across the Gulf Coast of Florida due to storm surge, tremendous rainfall and powerful wind gusts with a RealImpact™ of a 5. As the potent system moves along, it will also significantly impact the Atlantic coast from Florida to the Carolinas. Meanwhile, the former powerful Hurricane Kirk will impact parts of Europe as a rainstorm.
Milton will slowly lose wind intensity as it pushes northeastward across the Florida Peninsula through early Thursday morning. However, that process will be slow due to the large and powerful nature of the hurricane.
Because the hurricane peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale while over the Gulf of Mexico, it will not completely unwind and may retain enough of a circulation to emerge as a hurricane along the Atlantic coast on Thursday. More Here