Allison Chinchar

(CNN) — [Breaking news update at 1:55 p.m. ET] Milton rapidly intensified into a hurricane on Sunday and is now a Category 1, boasting top sustained wind speeds of 80 mph, according to the 2 p.m.

Milton rapidly intensified into a hurricane on Sunday and is now a Category 1.

of 2 (CNN) — Florida is bracing as Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 1 storm on Sunday, days before it's expected

(CNN) — Hurricane Milton has strengthened to Category 3 and continues to intensify two days before it’s due to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast, where communities now are rushing cleanup from

Milton is impacting Florida with dangerous storms with only hours remaining until landfall and one of the most destructive blows to parts of the state.

What we're covering • Catastrophic flooding as Milton nears landfall: Hurricane Milton — which is set to make landfall on Florida's Gulf

A broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better organized and the National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on the system as of 4 p.m. Sunday.

A potential tropical cyclone could become a hurricane, threatening Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Cuba with heavy rainfall and high winds.

(CNN) — A broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better organized and the National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on the system as of 4 p.m. Sunday.

Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have once again battered coastal Spain, causing flooding and evacuations just two weeks after the country experienced deadly flooding in Valencia and other nearby communities.