ATLANTA — The Georgia coast is now included in a tropical storm watch. Even though the coast won't get a direct landfall from the very dangerous hurricane Milton, it will have some impacts as the hurricane crosses the Florida peninsula.
The tropical storm watch extends northward to include much of the South Carolina coast, too. Milton is expected to make landfall along the west coast of Florida late Wednesday.
It will then move across the Florida peninsula and push out into the Atlantic and weaken.
The flow around Milton is counterclockwise. As it moves into the Atlantic, the wind and rain along the north side of the storm will slam the Georgia coast.
That will bring in the tropical storm force wind. It will also push Atlantic Ocean water along the coast with rough surf and beach erosion.
The wind will be coming in from the north and northeast getting stronger early Thursday.
A cold front moving through north Georgia will keep Milton's impacts well to the south of the metro Atlanta area.