Coastal Georgia no longer under tropical storm, storm surge warnings as Milton leaves east coast

This image shows the areas that could be affected by continued flooding from Hurricane Milton. (National Hurricane Center)

This story was updated on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 5:24 p.m.

Milton has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, and Coastal Georgia is no longer under a tropical storm warning and a storm surge warning as of Thursday afternoon.

The storm continued moving away from the east coast as of 5 p.m. Thursday and will pass to the south of Bermuda late Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.