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Inside Hurricane Milton, @saildrone reported wave height of 28.12 feet and wind gusts as strong as 75.95 mph while 40 nautical miles from the center of the storm. This research represents a collaborative endeavor to better understand the role of the ocean in hurricanes,
the agency captioned the video on X (formerly Twitter). STOP: Do not walk out into receding water in Tampa Bay—the water WILL return through storm surge and poses a life-threatening risk."
The Florida Division of Emergency Management on Wednesday night posted to X, formerly Twitter I'm in Sarasota, I live on the water, it's zone A, mandatory evacuation,
This is the beginning of the storm,
Sheriff Pearson said, noting the long road to recovery ahead It's definitely out of the ordinary,
said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini There's an incredible amount of swirling going on,
Gensini said of the conditions that allowed for the twisters to grow Numerous counties have reported tornado damage,
Search-and-rescue teams are on their way,
The thing is it’s so difficult to evacuate in a peninsula,
The northern eyewall of Hurricane Milton is beginning to move onshore of the Florida gulf coast near Tampa and St. Petersburg where an Extreme Wind Warning is now in effect,
the hurricane center said in its latest advisory Everything that you would want if you’re looking for a storm to go absolutely berserk is what Milton had,
Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said We don’t think this is going to be a hard hit,
Kemp told reporters after meeting with local emergency management officials in Savannah I want to assure the people of North Carolina that while we watch Hurricane Milton approach the coast of Florida, you can be assured that no resources are going to be taken from North Carolina,
It’s really not going to change the expected storm surge, dangerous winds and heavy rainfall,
Placing vulnerable sites so close on major waterways that are at risk of damage from storms is a recipe for disaster,
said Ragan Whitlock, a staff attorney at the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity I have never seen it flood down here. And for a hundred years, we can find no information, … but that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t happen,
I think if you have water and batteries, everything’s OK,
Unless you really have a good reason to leave at this point, we suggest you just hunker down,
Polk County Emergency Management Director Paul Womble said in a public update We could’ve gone to Lakeland, but that could’ve been worse, right?”
We wanted to protect the building because it’s a historic living entity,