The National Hurricane Center is now tracking Tropical Depression 14 in the Gulf as well as Hurricane Kirk and Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic.

MIAMI -- Tropical Depression 14 has formed in the western Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Milton over the next 12 hours, then undergo a period of rapid intensification before it makes landfall as what is currently forecast to be a Category 2 hurricane across the west coast of Florida on Wednesday.

The tropical system to be named Milton was expected to become possibly a major hurricane and head toward the western coast of the Florida Peninsula.