US forecasters and officials fear category 4 storm could make landfall in dangerously exposed Tampa area
Hurricane Milton is expected to sweep past Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, bringing sustained winds of nearly 155 mph , as the category 4 storm heads towards Florida’s dangerously exposed Tampa Bay.
Milton is projected to hit the south-west coast of Florida by Wednesday evening local time, the US National Weather ServiceAlmost all of Florida’s west coast was under a hurricane warning, with more than a million people told to evacuate, fleeing potentially catastrophic damage and power outages that could last days. With one day left for people to leave, local officials raised concerns about traffic jams and long queues at fuel stations.Bay region, home to more than 3 million people.
It is due to become the 10th major hurricane – category 3 or higher – to make landfall along the US’s Gulf coast since 2017, gaining power from the warm seas in the gulf. Milton was the third fastest-intensifying storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, the agency said., declared a state of emergency for 51 of its 67 counties. “What you don’t want to do is stay in an area where you have 10, 15 feet of storm surge,” he told Fox News on Monday.
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