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As it did so, a pinhole eye measuring 4 nautical miles (7 km) soon developed within very deep convection of around −80 °C (−112 °F), [22] with Milton becoming a major hurricane and soon after a Category 5 hurricane, by 11:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC respectively on October 7, [23] [24] making it the second Category 5 hurricane of the season ...
The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
The most intense hurricane on record is Wilma in 2005, with a minimum central pressure of 882 millibars, followed by Gilbert in 1988, the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, and Rita in 2005.
Hurricane Milton at peak intensity to the north of the Yucatán Peninsula in October 2024. Within the North Atlantic Basin, tropical or subtropical storms are named by the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC/RSMC Miami), when they are judged to have 1-minute sustained winds of at least 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h). [1]
Milton, however, gained so much strength in part because it formed over an abnormally warm Gulf of Mexico, and the warmer the water, the higher the chances a hurricane intensifies.
In a hurricane with winds that rotate counterclockwise, like Milton, tornadoes tend to form on the front end of a storm and on its right side — which is sometimes called the dirty side. This ...
Climate change almost certainly made Milton’s deluge worse, scientists found in a new post-hurricane analysis — by perhaps 20 to 30 percent. Its findings don’t bode well for Florida’s future.
Milton is nothing short of a meteorological monster. The minimum threshold for a Category 5 storm—the most powerful type of hurricane—is sustained winds of 157 mph. Milton is exploding at 175 ...