Floridians have been issued a stark warning as they brace for the impact of Hurricane Milton’s winds and expected massive storm surge, which forecasters say could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region.
Almost the entirety of Florida‘s west coast is under a hurricane warning early Tuesday as the storm and its 155mph winds creep toward the state at 9mph, sucking energy from the Gulf of Mexico‘s warm water.
Milton was downgraded early those morning to a Category 4 hurricane, but forecasters warn it still poses ‘an extremely serious threat to Florida.’ Milton had intensified quickly Monday, becoming a Category 5 storm at midday with maximum sustained winds of 180mph before being downgraded.
The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay has said that ‘if the storm stays on the current track, it will be the worst storm to impact the Tampa area in over 100 years.’ Mayor Jane Castor has warned the city’s nearly 400,000 residents that if they don’t evacuate, ‘you are going to die.’
Startling spaghetti models show the hurricane’s deadly path covering vast swathes of Florida.
When will Hurricane Milton make landfall?
When will Hurricane Milton make landfall?
Images show Hurricane Milton ramping up to Category 5 storm
At 10:28 a.m. EDT October 7, the space station flew over Hurricane Milton and external cameras captured views of the category 5 storm, packing winds of 175 miles an hour, moving across the Gulf of Mexico toward the west coast of Florida.
pic.twitter.com/MTtdUosiEc— International Space Station (@Space_Station) October 7, 2024
Hurricane Milton supercharges into monster 180mph storm so quickly experts call for it to be given unprecedented Category 6 status: ‘This is nothing short of astronomical’
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