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A Florida Army National Guard loader moves debris from the Pass-a-Grille neighborhood ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall on October 7, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida.published Monday showed that high sea-surface temperatures fueling the monstrous storm’s rapid intensification were made between 400 and 800 times more likely by the climate crisis.
Sea-surface temperatures in the area where Milton has developed “are at or above record-breaking highs,” Climate Central observed, conditions that have allowed the storm to quickly become what the U.S. National Hurricane Center “Climate change clearly warmed the Gulf waters that fueled Milton’s development, likely supercharging its rapid intensification and making this hurricane much more dangerous,” said Daniel Gilford, a meteorologist at Climate Central.
“It is very likely that Milton will be a highly destructive hurricane costing over $10 billion for Florida — and Milton could end up placing among the costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, depending on the eventual details of landfall,” they wrote Monday. “The risk is also high that Milton will be very deadly if people in low-lying areas do not heed evacuation orders and flee the hurricane.
“Some of the same communities ravaged by Helene are now facing this new threat. Millions of Floridians may be asked to evacuate,” the American Red Cross said in a. “Helene and Milton are both examples of how extreme weather is becoming more frequent and intense. In this case, meteorologists say Helene’s intense and far-reaching rainfall — which extended hundreds of miles from the coast — can be attributed to the climate crisis.
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