News 6 investigates Sarasota ahead of Hurricane Milton. Here’s a look

SARASOTA, Fla. – As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast, News 6 reporter Erik Von Ancken contacted Marina Jack in Sarasota to survey the area.

Thanks to the supercells formed during Milton’s approach, tornado and flash flood warnings were issued throughout the region.

Milton is expected to make landfall late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning and then move across the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Florida on Thursday morning or afternoon. As Milton moves inland, the storm is expected to grow in size and increase the range of its strongest winds.

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Click here for a list of warnings and watches in Central Florida.

Click here to view the impact for each county.

And to see a timeline of when we will see Milton impacts, click here.

Use the video player at the top of this story to follow along with Von Ancken.