**Update 10/9/24: Florida Department of Transportation has suspended operations on active construction projects within the projected path of the storm. Tolls have been suspended across Central Florida and West Florida, as well as Alligator Alley and 595 Express.
Click here for a full list of impacted toll facilities in Florida. Visit FloridaDistaster.org for the latest storm information and safety alerts. For real-time traffic information, visit FL511.com.**
Florida is bracing for another massive storm as Hurricane Milton, a category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall Thursday. The state has issued an executive order waiving some size and weight restrictions for commercial motor vehicles.
Milton’s path is expected to bring life-threatening conditions to parts of Florida with sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.
Florida’s executive order waives size and weight restrictions for divisible loads on any vehicles transporting emergency equipment, services, supplies or personnel, or to transport FEMA mobile homes or office style mobile homes, and agricultural commodities and citrus as recommended by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and as needed to waive by special permit the warning signal requirements in the Utility Accommodation Manual to accommodate public utility companies from other jurisdictions to render assistance in restoring vital services.
View Florida’s emergency road use permit here, which drivers must carry with them.
The storm comes just two weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast. Like with Helene, parts of Georgia and South Carolina will be impacted by Milton.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, many areas across the state, including Tampa and Orlando, may get as much as 8 inches of rain. Some places might see as much as 12 inches, leading to a risk of flash flooding and rivers overflowing their banks.
Mass evacuations are underway.