Hurricane Milton has been downgraded to Category 4 with sustained winds of 145 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Gov. Ron DeSantis made a late appeal for residents to flee for shelter with a potentially historic storm expected to make landfall on Wednesday.weakened to a Category 4 early Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, but the storm still posed a dire threat to Florida as officials issued warnings to residents to evacuate ahead of landfall.
The storm is likely to bring up to 12 inches of rainfall, with localized totals up to 18 inches, across parts of Florida through Thursday. Intense rainfall is expected to cause life-threatening flash and urban flooding, together with moderate to major river flooding. Milton was about 78 miles north of the fishing town Río Lagartos in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, as a Category 4 storm, Mexico’s National Meteorological Service said Tuesday morning.
In the states of Campeche and Quintana Roo, the storm was also forecast to bring very strong rains of about 2 to 3 inches, wind with gusts between around 44 and 56 mph, waves of 6.5 to 13 feet and the possible formation of waterspouts, the service said. “This is the real deal here with Milton,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told a Monday news conference. “If you want to take on Mother Nature, she wins 100% of the time."
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