Justin Boggs is a writer for the E.W. Scripps company. Justin covers anything from politics to sports and entertainment.
In a matter of hours on Monday, Hurricane Milton went from a tropical storm to a strong Category 5 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center measured its top sustained winds at 180 mph on Monday afternoon. It had been upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane late Sunday.Hurricane Milton is now the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic since Hurricane Dorian of 2019.The rapidly intensifying cyclone is spinning in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico and drifting to the east.
Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as recovery efforts continueMonday afternoon, a hurricane warning was in effect for the west coast of Florida from Bonita Beach northward to the mouth of the Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay. Tropical storm warnings extended further north and south from there on Florida's Gulf coast.Where is Hurricane Milton heading?While a Florida landfall is almost certain, where along the Florida Gulf Coast remains in question.
FEMA addresses rumors hurricane survivors receive less assistance than migrants'The system is still likely to be a large and powerful hurricane at landfall in Florida, with life-threatening hazards along portions of the coastline,' the National Hurricane Center said. In addition to flooding rain and winds topping 100 mph, the storm surge could reach 8-12 feet in the Tampa Bay region, forecasters say. Such a storm surge would cause significant flooding in downtown Tampa.
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