As a potentially devastating Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida’s Gulf coast, both the Tampa and Orlando airports have announced they will be shutting down commercial operations ahead of the storm’s landfall.

With Central Florida in the crosshairs of Hurricane Milton, crews are adjusting lake levels, checking storm drains and scooping up debris from last month’s Hurricane Helene, hoping to minimize the risk of floods.

Florida theme park officials are monitoring Hurricane Milton's forecast, but most have yet to announce closures ahead of a forecast landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday as a major hurricane.

Across Central Florida residents are preparing for Hurricane Milton’s forecasted powerful wind and rain as it takes aim at Florida’s Gulf Coast with landfall set for midweek. The storm intensified into a Category 1 Hurricane with winds of 80 mph on Sunday afternoon but is expected to continue growing into what officials call a “life-threatening” Category 3 Hurricane.

Tropical storm Milton is expected to come ashore near Tampa as a Category 5 hurricane. It will then cut across Florida and hit several theme parks, all in or around Orlando, home to Univeral Orlando.