Thousands are evacuating as Category 5 storm, Hurricane Milton, barrels toward the Florida coastline, threatening towering storm surges and extreme flooding. Traffic was heavy on Tuesday as people fled the Tampa area, while crews along the coast hurried to clear Helene’s debris so that Milton doesn’t turn it into dangerous projectiles. Hurricane Milton had previously weakened to a Category 4 storm, but its wind speeds have increased once again past the Category 5 threshold, according to the US National Hurricane Centre. The storm remained offshore on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula early on Tuesday…