Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is now bracing for another potential storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico.

MIAMI -- Tropical Depression 14 has formed in the western Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Milton over the next 12 hours, then undergo a period of rapid intensification before it makes landfall as what is currently forecast to be a Category 2 hurricane across the west coast of Florida on Wednesday.

The tropical system to be named Milton was expected to become possibly a major hurricane and head toward the western coast of the Florida Peninsula.

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