Robin Webb

Here are South Florida’s top stories for Monday, Oct. 7.

State preparing for largest hurricane evacuation since 2017 Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane Monday in

Hurricane Milton reached a monster Category 5 strength on Monday morning on a track to a potentially devastating Florida landfall within days.

At least 12 people are reported dead after Hurricane Milton crossed Florida, generating a trail of destruction after slamming into Siesta Key off Sarasota as a Category 3 storm, leaving 3 million without power or water before entering the Atlantic. It has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.

Forecasters were monitoring a disturbance off the coast of Africa that could become a short-lived tropical depression, while what was once Hurricane Leslie dissipated in the Atlantic.

One man was killed and another wounded after shots were fired outside a Dunkin’ restaurant in Miramar early Tuesday, police confirmed.

Tropical Storm Oscar quickly strengthened into a hurricane Saturday afternoon after becoming a tropical storm near the Turks and Caicos earlier that morning.

Hurricane Rafael moved into the Gulf of Mexico making landfall as a Category 3 storm in the Cuban province of Artemisa.

Floridians can relax. Tropical Storm Sara is unlikely to pose any threat to the Sunshine State or other parts of the U.S. coast, as forecasters

Tropical Storm Sara, once a potential threat to Florida, is expected to weaken quickly after reaching land in Belize on Sunday, all but eliminating any threat to the U.S.