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Showers and thunderstorms associated with a gale-force non-tropical low pressure system located less than 300 miles west-southwest of Bermuda remain disorganized,
It's heading in the wrong direction to have any influence on weather in Tampa, which is obviously good news,
The worst of the life-threatening conditions along the west coast of Florida, in terms of storm surge and destructive winds, will likely be from Wednesday evening into the early morning hours of Thursday,
The airport, in collaboration with federal and airline partners, agreed to cease commercial operations to prevent aircraft from operating under unsafe weather conditions for landings and take-offs,
If you're in it, basically that's the coffin that you're in.
She has repeatedly warned those who are refusing to leave Take a pen and write your name and social security number on your leg so that we have a contact if we find you
William Tokajer, police chief of Holmes Beach, told residents who refused to leave Numerical models in the past five years or so have improved to resolve hurricanes and typhoons at global scales and they do agree that the intensification of hurricanes (more hurricanes of strength 4 or 5) and typhoons, and a tendency for depression to turn more easily into hurricanes is the result of climate change,
Annalisa Bracco, a professor of ocean and climate dynamics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, told Newsweek Hurricane winds grab people's attention, but flooding is probably the biggest concern with Milton. Winds of 150mph can easily destroy buildings and cause injuries and fatalities if people are caught out in the open by flying debris,
Hannah Cloke, a professor of hydrology at the University of Reading, said in a statement There have only been five other years (since 1950) in which there were more than one Category 5 hurricane in a single season; 1961 (2), 2005 (4), 2007 (2), 2017 (2), and most recently 2019 (2),
You can get them on a thunderstorm cell up to 200 miles from the centre of the hurricane."
About the hurricane's power to generate deadly tornadoes far from its centre, he says We could have tornadoes within a hurricane as it crosses land, you could have super tornadoes and the hurricane at the same time. In exactly the same way as hurricanes, there's a league table."
If you've got a category 5 super tornado, you have gusts of over 200mph. I think what will happen is there'll either be zero or a few scattered around."
In terms of how many super tornadoes there could be, Jim predicted Even a category three is considered to be major. Those are the statuses in terms of the wind. The big thing is the western side of Florida you're going to expect a tidal surge with waves estimated to be 10-15 feet high. If you're stood on the beach two or three times above your head, you won't survive."
If it goes in at a category four, trees will be snapped, power cables down and houses destroyed, it's like a full-on train hitting you."
Jim issued a stark warning about the potential damage, stating If you are in a single story home that is hit by a 15ft storm surge, which means that water comes in immediately, there’s nowhere to go,
said the mayor of Tampa, Jane Castor Your life is at serious risk if you don't take action immediately - every second counts."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote on Wednesday Fuel continues to arrive in the state of Florida by port and what we're doing to bring it in on the ground. But lines at gas stations have been long. Gas stations are running out quicker than they otherwise would. And that is causing the state of Florida to help assist with the mission to be able to get fuel to the gas stations,
This results in large amounts of heat being released into the core of the storm and is usually a good indication of further strengthening.
After forming in the Bay of Campeche, Hurricane Milton underwent a remarkable period of rapid intensification.
In a blog post, NASA meteorologist Stephen Lang writes If you choose to stay… you are going to die.
Likewise, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor delivered a grave warning to her constituents, announcing flatly