Hurricane Milton reintensified Tuesday and again became a dangerous Category 5 storm as it took aim at Florida's Gulf Coast, which is still reeling from Helene's record-breaking landfall just over a week ago.

The latest news on Hurricane Milton as it heads toward Florida, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene just weeks ago. Follow live as the storm approaches landfall.

This year's warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico helped Hurricane Milton swiftly become a powerful hurricane, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center calling it the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm on record.