An estimated 2 million residents have already evacuated, and officials are urging people to get out while they still can. But there are no rental cars available because of Hurricane Helene, and many people just don't have the money. Via Tampa Bay Times: Hurricane Milton was still a powerful Category 5 storm early Wednesday as it barreled toward Florida’s west coast. Landfall was expected in west-central Florida late Wednesday or early Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.