Manatee County officials have opened several shelters ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall as a devastating storm. Residents in levels A, B and C and those living in mobile homes and recreational vehicles are under mandatory evacuation orders. To find your evacuation zone, visit www.MyManatee.org/storm.

Milton is forecast to become a Category 4 hurricane, with winds of 145 mph before it makes landfall on Wednesday. Sarasota and Manatee counties are currently directly in the storm's forecast track. See the latest forecast.

BRADENTON, Fla. - As Hurricane Milton works its way toward Florida, here's what people in Manatee County need to know. A local State of Emergency was declared for Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday. Evacuations of zones A & B will begin at 2 p.m. Monday.