Hurricane Milton intensifies as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. What we know about the potentially devastating hurricane.

Life-threatening storm surges are expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast this week with the arrival of Hurricane Milton, which was upgraded Monday afternoon into a Category 5 hurricane over the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Milton is an extremely large and dangerous hurricane. It is expected to make landfall late Wednesday along the Florida west central coast with the threat of up to 15 feet of storm surge, flooding and hurricane force wind that will be felt throughout central Florida.