South Florida is under a flood watch through Thursday morning as officials monitor Hurricane Milton's march toward the Gulf Coast. Here are some local updates to know South Florida had already been feeling heavy rainfall but additional downpours could impact the region Tuesday through Thursday,

Hurricane Milton was continuing to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to become a major hurricane later Monday as it inched toward a midweek landfall along the west coast of Florida, where residents are still reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Helene,

Milton continued to grow stronger on Sunday as it rapidly intensified into a hurricane. The latest projections call for the storm to hit Category 4 in the open Gulf of Mexico before weakening slightly to a Category 3 as it approaches Florida’s west coast.