Thousands of cars were lined up across the highway as people were evacuating Southwest Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton.

A tornado has crossed Interstate 75 in Florida as Hurricane Milton approaches, weather officials say. The National Weather Service in Miami posted a photo of the funnel crossing the highway Wednesday morning on the social media platform X with the dire warning: “TORNADO crossing I-75 as we speak!

Channel 2′s Michael Seiden was in Henry County on Tuesday afternoon where he found heavy traffic in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75, many of the cars with Florida plates.