Day: October 7, 2024

With winds of 160 mph, Milton has strengthened into the second Category 5 hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Beryl was the first storm to reach Category 5 status, doing so while it was traversing the Caribbean Sea in early July.

Milton was only a tropical storm on Sunday morning, but winds ramped up at a tremendous pace, spiking from 60 mph to 160 mph in just 28 hours. Additionally, an abundance of lighting has been flashing around the eye of Milton, an indication that it could still be strengthening.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/live-news/live-hurricane-milton-becomes-a-category-5-storm-as-evacuations-begin-in-florida/1700449

Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying and will strengthen further over the record-warm Gulf of Mexico, potentially to Category 5…

It is then expected to grow in size, which means that although it may decrease in category, its dangerous impacts will be spread over a much larger area.

Milton is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. Its dangerous eye and eyewall could come ashore anywhere from Cedar Key at the north to Naples at the south – including possibly in the Tampa or Ft. Myers areas.

Developing..

For anyone reading this in the path: Take advice, heat advice and get out now if you can. This storm is epic in nature and historic In ramifications.