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The strongest winds in a northern hemisphere tropical cyclone is located in the eyewall and the right front quadrant of the tropical cyclone. Severe damage is usually the result when the eyewall of a hurricane, typhoon or cyclone passes over land. The right front quadrant is also an area of a tropical cyclone were the winds are strongest.
Hurricane Milton, which reached Category 5 strength Monday, is heading right for Florida's west coast, with a potential landfall near or at Tampa Bay. Hurricane Milton Live Wobble Tracker: Map ...
On Monday, Milton intensified from a Category 2 hurricane into a Category 5 storm with winds of 180 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. On Wednesday morning it dropped to Category 4.
Here are live feeds and videos from Hurricane Milton and its aftermath: Watch Hurricane Milton aftermath live coverage Watch Hurricane Milton rip off roof of Tropicana Stadium
Here's the latest update from the National Hurricane Center as of 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30: Tropical Storm Kirk: What you should know Location : 740 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands
By 1922, it was known that the winds at 3 kilometres (9,800 ft) to 4 kilometres (13,000 ft) in height above the sea surface within the storms' right front quadrant were representative of a storm's steering, and that hurricanes tended to follow the outermost closed isobar of the subtropical ridge. [2]
Since the storm surge produced by the hurricane's right-front quadrant (containing the strongest winds) was more than 20 ft (6 m) near Biloxi, emergency management officials in New Orleans feared that the storm surge could go over the tops of levees protecting the city, causing major flooding. [29]
The National Hurricane Center said Thursday it is currently tracking five tropical disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean. Storm tracker: National Hurricane Center tracking 5 disturbances in Atlantic ...