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Even as Hurricane Helene was pressing toward the Florida coast, AccuWeather’s team of expert meteorologists had been monitoring part of the Gulf of Mexico for yet another round of tropical trouble. On Saturday afternoon, Tropical Storm Milton formed, just hours after becoming a tropical depression, and it was expected to intensify and strike the Florida Peninsula this week as a major hurricane, with torrential rain, wind and the likelihood of flooding. Tropical Storm Milton expected to strengthen into a major hurricane and target Florida