That’s especially true because tornadoes can occur more than 1,000 miles away from where a hurricane makes landfall and far from the path of the hurricane's center, said Roger Edwards, a lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center,

Hurricane Milton became the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm on record as it headed towards Florida's west coast, threatening to swamp low-lying areas with a life-threatening storm surge, according to the U.

A record number of tornado warnings were issued Wednesday across South Florida, with Hurricane Milton still hours away from landfall