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It's going to mean pretty much all the rescues are going to be done in the dark, in the middle of the night, but that's fine. They're going to do that,
At this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down,
DeSantis said upon announcing the landfall 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 If you're on the southern part of this storm, you are going to get storm surge,
It's churning massive amounts of water, and that water is going to come out,
Because the strongest winds in a tropical cyclone are not located precisely at the center, it is possible for a cyclone's strongest winds to be experienced over land even if landfall does not occur. Similarly, it is possible for a tropical cyclone to make landfall and have its strongest winds remain over the water,
the National Hurricane Center explained The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and to the south of the landfall location, where the surge will be accompanied by large and dangerous waves," ... Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances."
The National Hurricane Center's (NHC) advisory on Monday afternoon warned ... It also noted So the storm is here. It's time for every one to hunker down,
Governor Ron DeSantis told a press conference just before Milton's arrival There's been a reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies,
Biden said in angry remarks Stay inside and stay off the roads. Flood waters and rushing storm surge are very dangerous,
It is dangerous, it is unconscionable, frankly, that anyone who'd consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people to the point that those desperate people would not receive the aid to which they are entitled,
It’s actually a lot calmer now than before but I think it’ll get a bit hairy later on,
he told the Herald after 2pm NZT Life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding continue as Milton moves inland along the Florida West Coast,
the National Hurricane Centre said The worst will hit early hours of the morning so could be a long night,
On the forecast track, the center of Milton will make landfall just south of the Tampa Bay region within the next hour or two, and then move across the central part of the Florida peninsula overnight, and emerge off the east coast of Florida on Thursday,
the hurricane centre said We're not gonna get the 15 feet that was predicted in the onset,
Storm surge is absolutely pouring into Venice, Florida now as hurricane #Milton makes landfall,
storm chaser Bryce Shelton wrote while sharing a video to X, formerly Twitter Surge has now crested the protective wall in Punta Gorda, FL and is now pouring into the city,
wrote storm chaser Brad Arnold while sharing a different video Hopefully [people in Tampa] are just sheltering in the place right now,
It's scary out there,
said Marcus Vargas, who says