Nearly two million Floridians are without power after Hurricane Milton hit the Sunshine State late Wednesday less than two weeks since Hurricane Helene's devastation. Over 1.901 million outages have been reported in Florida as of 11 p.

Florida is preparing for the impact of Hurricane Milton, expected to make landfall in the early hours of Thursday, Oct. 10. See the map of affected areas.

Hurricane Milton is currently crossing the Gulf of Mexico eastwards and is just north of the Yucatan Peninsula, home to the colonial-era city of Merida with a population 1.2 million, several Maya ruins and the port of Progreso.