WATCH: Space station views of Hurricane Milton as it bears down on Florida | ABS-CBN News

Images of Hurricane Milton captured from the International Space Station on Wednesday (October 9) show the storm closing in on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Evacuation orders are in effect for millions of residents along more than 300 miles (483 km) of coastline, as the region braces for life-threatening storm surges, destructive winds, and heavy rainfall—just two weeks after being hit by Hurricane Helene. The storm was on a collision course for the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, home to more than 3 million people, though forecasters said the path could vary before the storm makes landfall late Wednesday. At 8 a.m. CDT (1300 GMT), the eye of the storm was 250 miles (405 km) southwest of Tampa. The storm slightly weakened on Wednesday morning to a Category 4, the second-highest level, but remained "an extremely dangerous major hurricane" with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (249 kph), the National Hurricane Center said. (Production: Jose Pablo Diaz) For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more Breaking News & Live Coverage videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgG2ln-vtKXb-oLlGEZc3sR For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmivfD9aJD-8k0SNcMqG2xdA Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #HurricaneMilton #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews