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In early 2024, hurricane forecasters predicted a highly-active season, citing the La Niña effect and warm sea surface temperatures. [8] After the earliest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record, Hurricane Beryl, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintained this prediction through August. [9]
On May 22, UKMO published their forecast for the 2024 season, calling for 22 named storms, 12 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes, and an ACE index of 212 units. [14] One day later, NOAA published their hurricane season prediction, forecasting an above-average season of 17–25 named storms, 8–13 hurricanes, and 4–7 major hurricanes with an ...
As Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, misinformation surrounding relief efforts and conspiracy theories about officials controlling the weather have surfaced ...
2024 ties record, with 3 hurricanes making landfall in Florida ... as of now As of Oct. 18, there have been 13 named storms in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Three have made landfall in Florida.
PHOTO: Vehicles fill the road as they drive to the East on I-75 from the West coast of Florida before the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Oct. 8, 2024, in Big Cypress, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The hurricane spawned a deadly tornado outbreak and caused widespread flooding in Florida. As of October 21, 2024, Hurricane Milton killed at least 35 people: 32 in the United States and three in Mexico. Current damage estimates place the total cost of destruction from the storm at US$34.3 billion. [9]
A 2021 audio clip repurposed online to make false suggestions that FEMA had plans to “execute” people as Hurricane Milton barreled towards Florida earlier this week gathered over 800,000 ...
The forecast arrival on Thursday of another hurricane seems like a recurring nightmare for residents of Florida's Big Bend and eastern Panhandle.. Helene is expected to be the fifth hurricane to ...