Although Miami-Dade County is outside the forecast cone for Hurricane Milton, conditions across South Florida are expected to worsen this week.

Forecasters say Milton is expected to be a hurricane small in size, but Jacksonville will still be impacted with rain, flooding and high winds.

A nascent tropical storm, to be named Milton, gathered strength in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Threat level: Milton, which is likely to intensify into a hurricane by Monday, is forecast to hit the storm-weary west coast of Florida by midweek next week.