MONSTER: Hurricane Milton Now Near Category 4

October 7, 2024 Climate Change, Weather

The Weather Channel reports:

Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified into a strong Category 3 and hurricane and storm surge watches are now posted along Florida’s western Gulf Coast, where the storm poses threats of life-threatening storm surge, destructive winds and flooding rainfall by midweek.

“Milton will be a historic storm for the west coast of Florida,” the National Weather Service in Tampa Bay said in a briefing Monday morning.

I​f you are in an area prone to storm surge, follow the advice of local officials and evacuate if ordered to do so. This is a serious situation with the National Hurricane Center forecasting a storm surge as much as 8 to 12 feet above ground level along the western Florida Gulf Coast, including Tampa Bay, if the peak surge arrives at high tide.

Read the full article. Per the Weather Channel, Milton will reach Category 4 status very shortly. The video below from Tampa’s ABC affiliate is live.



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