Millions of people are under threat from a monster-sized Hurricane Milton.

The powerful category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour has come ashore. It's Iwall made landfall about half an hour ago in

Siesta Key, which is a barrier island off the coast of Sarasota. Right now the storm with a

diameter of about 450 miles is bringing life-threatening

winds and potentially devastating storm surge of up to 13 feet.

Earlier today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, released a video taken

by so-called sail drones on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

They show that 40 nautical miles away from Milton's eye, winds were gusting at 76 miles per hour, and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high.

And now that powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the

eye walls direct path there is still reason to be vigilant as much of Florida is

under a tropical storm watch or warning.

The National Weather Service has also issued warnings in parts of South and

Central Florida, where Milton has already spawned at least 10 tornadoes.

Airports, schools, and businesses closed earlier today as more than 5 million people

were urged to leave their homes under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders.

Those who heated those warnings faced shortages at gas stations

as they scrambled to get to safety.

But not everyone has been given the choice to evacuate, according to local reports,

some prisons and jails in flood-prone areas

decided not to evacuate despite orders to do so.

Now, the evacuation window closed early this afternoon. fight orders to do so.

Now the evacuation window closed early this afternoon

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