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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday, October 8th, 2024. This is the excerpt.

Today Hurricane Milton is now a category 5. What's next? Plus how the aftermath of Hurricane

Helene could impact supplies of IV bags at hospitals around the country,

and we discuss how Georgia became a swing state.

Hurricane Milton is now a monster category 5.

With sustained winds of 165 miles an hour, Milton is barreling across the Gulf of Mexico,

bound for what could be a devastating landfall tomorrow along Florida's already storm-battered

Western coast. The National Hurricane Center said in

its 11 p.m. Eastern Time advisory last night that Milton poses an extremely

serious threat to Florida after earlier warning that Hurricane wind speeds had explosively intensified.

Those speeds increased by 95 miles an hour in less than a day

and the storm rapidly intensified from a category 2

to a category 5 within hours yesterday.

Milton is expected to weaken slightly before making landfall,

but experts still expect a powerful storm.

You can stay up on all the latest with USA Today.com.

Meanwhile, the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene are still being felt in parts of the country. Towns across North Carolina are just in help shore up supplies of IV bags after a North Carolina factory closed due to flood damage brought by Hurricane

Helene.

Several hospitals have implemented conservation plans and warn the public of potential disruptions

since Baxter International temporarily closed a manufacturing site

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