Milton grew more powerful and gained hurricane status Sunday as it rolled through the Gulf of Mexico on a track that imperils areas of the Florida Peninsula still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

In Osceola County, hundreds of residents lined up at Osceola Heritage Park to fill sandbags at over 10 mounds of sands. By Sunday afternoon sand mounds were worn down to flat piles spread across

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