Hurricane Milton Update: Devastating Storm Of Century in Florida, 2100 Flights Cancelled

Hurricane Milton seems to be making its way toward Tampa, where storm surges up to 15 feet high are being warned about by the National Hurricane Center.

Palak October 9, 2024

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Hurricane Milton Update: Devastating Storm Of Century in Florida, 2100 Flights Cancelled

Residents of Florida who are in Milton’s route have been advised to leave as soon as possible. As Hurricane Milton approached the state on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials issued evacuation orders. The National Hurricane Center stated during a forecast discussion that Milton “has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida.”

It was predicted that the storm’s wind field would treble before it reached Florida and crossed the Gulf of Mexico. Although an NBC News forecast places landfall between 2 and 6 a.m. on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center forecasts landfall late Wednesday. Nearly the whole western coast of Florida was under storm surge warnings; in the region between Bonita Beach and Chassahowitzka, the inundation is expected to exceed five feet.

He predicted that “somewhere in this region is going to experience 10 to 15 feet of inundation about ground level” in an area encompassing Pinellas County, Sarasota, and Tampa Bay. The state was getting ready for a storm that might be very destructive. According to DeSantis, power line workers were traveling to Florida from as far away as California in order to assist in resolving what the weather predicted may be prolonged power disruptions.

Milton will travel east to west throughout Florida. Forecasters in Orlando and the surrounding area warned of up to 15 inches of rain and stated that there was a “extreme flooding rain threat” in the area.

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