Hurricane Milton, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon as a tropical storm, strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday. As CBS News reports, it's projected to make landfall by Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane along the west coast of Tampa,

Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify in the next couple of days in the Gulf of Mexico and become a major hurricane on Monday, forecasters said.

Hurricane Milton is intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico, reaching speeds of 85 mph on Sunday night as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.