Tampa Mayor Warns Residents Who Won’t Evacuate Hurricane Milton: ‘You’re Going to Die’

‘There’s never been one like this,’ Mayor Jane Castor says.

Satellite Image of Hurricane Milton NOAA via NTD

The mayor of Tampa, Florida, warned that people who choose to stay in areas under mandatory evacuation orders due to the impending threat posed by Hurricane Milton may be killed.

Hurricane Milton intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday with winds in excess of 180 mph and a minimum central pressure of 897 millibars. The storm weakened somewhat overnight, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), which issued an advisory Tuesday morning confirming Milton is a Category 4 storm. Milton currently has 145 mph winds and a minimum central pressure reading of 929 millibars, the NHC said.