Tuesday is a day to prepare as Hurricane Milton continues its approach to the Florida coast. The storm is expected to make landfall late Wednesday. Marion County remains under a hurricane watch, and the county's shelters open later today. Stay tuned here for updates throughout Tuesday.

Hurricane Milton brought wind, rain and power outages to Marion County, but no reports of serious injuries or major damage.

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Recovery efforts continue in Marion County after Hurricane Milton made landfall earlier this week. Cathy Maldonado says she’s lived in her Silver Springs Shores home for five years, but this storm was the first time she’s had a lot of property and personal damage.

Ocala/Marion County spent Tuesday preparing for Hurricane Milton, expected to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along Florida's west coast.

Hurricane Milton continued its path toward Florida's west coast on Wednesday, with landfall expected late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Marion County's storm shelters are open, and people are making their final preparations. Stay tuned here for the latest updates on Wednesday.

Wesley Wilcox, the Marion County supervisor of elections, said his office picked up roughly 3,000 mail ballots from the post office Wednesday morning. Those ballots will be counted and stored with the rest of the mail-in ballots in a secure area of his building.

A woman was killed and another woman seriously injured when the vehicle they were riding in struck a large tree in NW Marion County early Tuesday.