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Precautionary boil water advisory for Okeechobee County ahead of Hurricane Milton

St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee counties are under a hurricane warning Wednesday as a major Category 5 Hurricane Milton churns toward Florida, where it's expected to make landfall along the west coast late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning. Martin County is under a hurricane watch, while Palm Beach County remains under a tropical storm warning. According to the 2 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, an "extremely powerful" Milton has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and is moving east-northeast at 12 mph. It's forecast to make landfall on the Gulf coast of Florida late Wednesday night as a "dangerous major hurricane," the NHC said.

By: Aja Dorsainvil

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OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — A precautionary boil water advisory will be issued for Okeechobee County Wednesday morning ahead of Hurricane Milton.

The notice will go into effect at 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Okeechobee Utility Authority said Tuesday afternoon in a post on Facebook. The advisory will be in effect until further notice.

Okeechobee County is under a hurricane warning as Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida as Category 4 storm late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.

WATCH: Winds from Milton to pose threat to Okeechobee mobile home communities

Dangerous winds from Milton pose threat to Okeechobee mobile homes

WPTV reporter Ethan Stein spoke with Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford on Tuesday about the impending storm and his concerns about mobile homes in the county potentially becoming dangerous projectiles in strong enough winds.

The Okeechobee Utility Authority said it will be closed Wednesday and reopen Thursday at noon.

Residents who have a water or sewer emergency during this closure, should call (863) 763-9460 and press option 3.

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