Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the U.S. state's western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating Hurricane Helene.

Tropical Storm Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Sunday with its path aimed at Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene struck the state. The hurricane is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon,

President Joe Biden offered his first remarks Sunday on what is now Hurricane Milton as it creeps toward Florida, where it is predicted to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. "... I have been briefed on Tropical Storm Milton as it strengthens across the Gulf of Mexico and the work my Administration is doing to pre-position life-saving resources in advance of the storm,