Hurricane Milton is now spinning at 180MPH, moving E at 10MPH, and the center is expected to come ashore near Tampa, Florida, late Wednesday or early Thursday.

The category 5 storm reached this intensity before it even reached the spot with deep warm water where everyone thought it would strengthen to cat 3 a day or so before landfall.

If there's any consolation, it is that this hurricane is quite compact, unlike Hurricane Helene was.