Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon with the risk of "life-threatening impacts" to Florida's west coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. This comes as two hurricanes are churning with no threat to land in the Atlantic Ocean: Kirk,

Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is now bracing for another potential storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico.

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.