People in Florida are being warned that Hurricane Milton is a life-or-death storm.

As of Tuesday, Hurricane Milton has re-energized into a category 5 hurricane that’s expected to hit Florida coast Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Two aspects of the storm have experts sounding the alarm. Namely its sudden arrival on the heels of Hurricane Helene and the debris it left behind as well as its forecasted size upon its expected landfall.

Those on the ground are being warned of that Milton could bring winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour, a foot of rain and a storm surge of up to 15 feet in some low-lying areas.

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“It’s difficult, if not impossible, to survive that,” Ken Turi, a spokesperson with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said.

U.S. President Joe Biden said he’s directed his team to do everything it can to save lives before, during and after the Hurricane.

“If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re going to die,” St. Pete Mayor Kenneth Welch said. “I’ll re-emphasize in the strongest terms possible, this is an incredibly powerful storm and we all need to take it seriously,” he added.

The exact landfall location remains to be seen, but some forecasters are predicting it to slam into Tampa — where more than three million people live.