Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm packing 165-mile-per-hour sustained winds, continued to track toward Florida's Gulf Coast Tuesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center, and "will bring life-threatening storm surge and winds" when it makes landfall either late Wednesday or early Thursday.

Hurricane Milton, which forecasters say poses an "extremely serious threat," is expected to roar into Florida tomorrow.

Fearful Florida residents are streaming out of the Tampa Bay region ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit from Hurricane Milton.