Parts of Florida are still reeling from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm along the state’s Big Bend area on Sept. 26. It carved a 500-mile damage path through southeastern states that left more than 200 people dead. Hundreds more remain missing.

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.