Millions of people in Florida are rushing to leave their homes, as Hurricane Milton races towards the state's west coast. Milton, a category five storm, is expected to hit the Tampa area tonight, packing ferocious winds of up to 165mph (270km/h). US President Joe Biden warned that leaving was a matter of “life and death”, as the state undertakes its largest evacuation effort in years It comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Gulf Coast as a category four storm, killing at least 225 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina.