PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Channel 9 is seeing major traffic slowdowns in western Central Florida as people evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival.
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Bumper-to-bumper gridlock traffic was seen Early Tuesday morning on I-75 in Pasco County.
A traffic camera near 275 shows thousands of drivers barely moving on northbound I-75 in the Wesley Chapel area.
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People are taking to the highways early as they try to evacuate the western counties of Central Florida.
Tolls are suspended across Central Florida by order of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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As of Tuesday morning, Milton is forecast to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in the Tampa Bay area around 1 a.m. on Thursday.
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