Tropical Storm Milton formed on Saturday as forecasters expect the storm to quickly strengthen into a hurricane and race toward Florida.

A new storm, which became Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday, is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane before taking aim on Florida this week. Milton is expected to strengthen to a hurricane on Monday morning and then make landfall along the Florida Peninsula on Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Milton has formed on a path across the Gulf of Mexico and is likely to bring hurricane-strength wind and rain to Florida by Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center reported Saturday. Forecast models suggest the storm will strike the western part of the Florida peninsula with flooding rain, a dangerous ocean surge and damaging winds.