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It’s not like a tropical cyclone, which you can predict, sometimes even a week ahead of time,
University of Bristol's Dann Mitchell told Reuters When the tropical cyclone starts hitting land, suddenly winds at the surface slow down a lot, because there's a lot of friction there, there's a lot of buildings in the way, but the winds in the higher levels carry on,
said the professor of atmospheric science in a video published Thursday It's extra bad in this situation because of course, you've got all of the additional impacts of the tropical cyclone hitting at the same time,
We anticipate there’s going to be confirmed casualties on the tornadoes, and that was all the way on the east coast of Florida,
If you look back in time, historically, storms intensified at a slower rate than they do now,
said Phil Klotzbach, a researcher at Colorado State University who specialises in hurricane forecasting We’ll let you know when it’s safe to come out,
Sheriff Chad Chronister of Hillsborough County, home to Tampa, said on Facebook We have flooding in places and to levels that I’ve never seen, and I’ve lived in this community for my entire life,
he said in a video posted online Thursday morning I’m shocked it’s not more,
city worker Kati Sands said as she cleared the streets of siding and broken lights We will better understand the extent of the damage as the day progresses,
This research represents a collaborative endeavor to better understand the role of the ocean in hurricanes,
NOAA wrote in a post on X, sharing the video We've seen you stand tall against storms before and you will stand tall now,
Trump said in the video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter The President's approved our request,
Your governor is doing an excellent job. I've been talking to him and watching,
It sounds like it's as bad as it gets,
In the wake of heavy rainfall from Milton, the risk of considerable urban flooding will linger through this afternoon across east central Florida. Moderate to major river flooding is ongoing and forecast throughout central Florida."
Storm surge inundation will continue in these areas through this afternoon,
the NWS said in its most recent Hurricane Milton Discussion So knowing full well this is a potentially deadly storm and recognizing that by evacuating everyone else, but making a decision to leave prisoners to fend for themselves in this catastrophic weather event, is quite probably a violation of the Eighth Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment,
Counties or sheriffs or governments that make that decision not to evacuate incarcerated people when they're in directly in harm's way are on very thin legal ice,
As expected, the Manatee County Jail remained fully operational as Hurricane Milton passed through our area. We had no flooding or damage to the building,
Manatee County Sheriff's Office public information officer Randy Warren told Newsweek on Thursday morning Whether they're in jail and held pretrial and presumed innocent or people who have been convicted and sent to prison, they're all part of our community,