Hurricane Milton weakened slightly from a Category 5 storm to a Category 4 storm Tuesday morning. However, forecasters still warn that the Milton will be "an extremely dangerous hurricane" as it makes landfall in Florida.

Despite becoming a Category 5 Hurricane Monday, the National Weather Service only expects Hurricane Milton to impact Horry and Georgetown counties minimally.

The forecast for the storm is changing as rapidly as it is moving. Here’s the latest we have from the National Weather Service station in Wilmington, NC.

The rapidly developing hurricane that shows no signs of stopping won’t technically become a Category 6 because the category doesn't exist at the moment. But it could soon reach the level of a hypothetical Category 6 experts have discussed and stir up arguments about whether the National Hurricane Center’s long-used scale for classifying hurricane wind speeds from Category 1 to 5 might need an overhaul.

Milton has rapidly intensified into a category 5 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday. Milton is located about 735 miles (1175 km) southwest of Tampa, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (250 kph),

Milton has rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming a Category 5 storm Monday on a path toward Florida

Milton intensified even faster than forecast, becoming a Category 5 hurricane in less than a day. What happens now?

Milton has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane as Florida gears up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years

The storm is expected to bring more wind and flooding to a region still recovering from Hurricane Helene.