Environment UPDATE - Still Category 5 - Less than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3

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Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm.

Tropical Storm Milton formed in the western Gulf on Saturday morning, just hours after it became a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said in a special alert. The 13th named storm, which uses the letter M, is running ahead of pace – it doesn’t usually occur until October 25.

Milton is forecast to strengthen and bring life-threatening impacts to portions of the west coast of Florida next week. With very low vertical wind shear and incredibly warm sea-surface temperatures, Milton will be able to gain steady to rapid strength over the next few days.

“The official intensity forecasts call for Milton to become a hurricane in about 36 hours, and a major hurricane by 72 hours,” according to an update from the National Hurricane Center.

 
Hurricane Milton has intensified rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm.

The storm is making its way east toward Florida and is expected to make landfall late Wednesday on the state's Gulf Coast.

As Florida continues to recover from Hurricane Helene, as many as 15 million people are under flood watches there and 11 million are at risk for tropical tornadoes tomorrow and Wednesday. Mandatory evacuations are underway along areas of the state's west coast.

Milton is forecast to reach peak intensity tomorrow morning then weaken to a strong Category 3 ahead of landfall.


It went from Category 2 this morning to Category 5 within a span of 4 ~ 5 hours. And it hasn't even left Mexico.
 
Hurricane Milton tracker: Category 5 storm packing 165 mph sustained winds heads toward Florida's Gulf Coast, massive evacuations ordered

Milton is expected to be a "dangerous major hurricane" when it makes landfall Wednesday night, the National Hurricane Center said.


Hurricane Milton reintensified Tuesday and again became a dangerous Category 5 storm as it took aim at Florida's Gulf Coast, which is still reeling from Helene's record-breaking landfall just over a week ago.

The storm's maximum sustained winds had strengthened to 165 mph, returning it to Category 5 status, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. ET bulletin, which warned of "life-threatening storm surge and winds" for "portions of the Florida Gulf Coast."

"Fluctuations in intensity are likely while Milton moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico," the National Hurricane Center said in its update. "But Milton is expected to be a dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the west-central coast of Florida."

The center of the storm is expected to make landfall in the Tampa area late Wednesday or in the early morning hours of Thursday and move east-northeast across central Florida on Thursday.

Fifty-one counties in the state are under a state of emergency, with millions facing the prospect of evacuation.

 
Is anyone on the forum in Florida?
 
I have alot of family and friends in Florida. Almost all of them in the direct path of the storm.
 
Milton live updates: Hurricane downgraded to post-tropical cyclone, with at least 10 people killed, 3 million left without power in its destructive path

The National Hurricane Center continues to warn about "life-threatening storm surge."


At least 10 people were killed in Florida as tornadoes from Hurricane Milton ripped through the state, officials said on Thursday.

More than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power after the storm, Milton was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Thursday. It made landfall late Wednesday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm near Siesta Key.

The roof of Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays, was ripped off by severe winds.

Milton is currently moving northeast off Florida's coast and continues to pack 75 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said in its 4 p.m. ET update.

"There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge along the coast from east-central Florida northward to southern Georgia," meteorologists said.

 
All my people and friends are safe. Power issues are the main thing.
 
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