by: Bob Westfall Posted: Oct 7, 2024 / 10:19 PM EDT Updated: Oct 7, 2024 / 10:20 PM EDT Fort Myeres, Fla. (WTRF) – One of our former reporters–Dave Elias–now lives and works in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Florida near where Hurricane Milton is predicted to make landfall. Hurricane Milton is a Category 5 right now, but it is expected to weaken to a Category 3 by landfall. Milton is expected to make landfall late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.