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A tropical disturbance over the western Gulf of Mexico quickly organized into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday, October 5th. Milton moved slowly east-southeastward and strengthened into a hurricane the next day, and then underwent rapid intensification on Monday, October 7th, reaching Category 5 intensity as it approached the northwestern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Milton then turned eastward and northeastward late Monday and Tuesday across the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Milton gradually weakened on Wednesday, October 9th on its approach to Florida's Gulf coast, but maintained Major hurricane intensity. Major Hurricane Milton made landfall on the evening of Wednesday, October 9th, near Siesta Key on Florida's west coast as a powerful Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Though it gradually weakened, Milton retained hurricane strength as it traversed central Florida overnight. By early Thursday morning, October 10th, Milton emerged off Florida's Atlantic coast at Category 1 strength.

Milton delivered widespread impacts across much of north-central and northeast Florida, as well as coastal southeast Georgia. Flagler County, as well as large portions of St. Johns, Putnam, and Marion Counties experienced sustained tropical storm-force winds, with hurricane force wind gusts. Rainfall totals ranged from 7 to 11 inches, as outer rainbands and the storm’s intense northern side swept through these counties Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Runoff from this rainfall caused Deep Creek, a tributary of the St. Johns River in St. Johns County, to reach record water levels on Thursday and Thursday Night, October 10th, eclipsing the previous record crest recorded during Hurricane Irma in 2017. This rainfall runoff resulted in widespread flooding across the southern half of St. Johns County, particulatly in the Flagler Estates community and the towns of Hastings and Spuds. Record flooding was also recorded along Haw Creek in western Flagler County, eclipsing the previous record set in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in 2022. Storm surge flooding of 2 to 4 feet above Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) was recorded along the St. Johns River and the northeast Florida coast. Significant inundation occurred along the lower St. Johns River, with widespread flooding reported in places such as Welaka, FL.