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Hurricane Milton lashed Florida's Gulf Coast with flooding rain and winds of 120 miles per hour that left homes — and, in some cases, full neighborhoods — drenched, muddied and dilapidated. At ...
Ruined furniture, drywall, personal belongings and other debris line a side street in Holmes Beach, Florida on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton.
South Florida is now in a transition period as the first system heads toward the Northeast while Milton barrels toward southwest Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm, Hadi said.
Milton is expected to bring rainfall amounts of 6 to 12 inches, with localized totals of up to 18 inches in parts of Florida and the Florida Keys, through Wednesday night, according to the NHC.
The latest estimate from the Miami office of the National Weather Service is 8 to 10 inches in Fort Lauderdale, 6 to 8 inches in Miami and 4 to 6 inches in Homestead over the next seven days.
On June 12, various places in Sarasota County, just south of Tampa Bay, recorded 24 hour rainfall totals of 6–10 in (150–250 mm). [20] Rainfall of this magnitude can be expected to hit this area once every 500 to 1000 years. [21] Farther south, Fort Myers recorded 5.44 in (138 mm) of rain, the most recorded there in a 24 hour span. [22]
The outer bands of the storm drop over 7 inches (180 mm) of rain along the Florida Panhandle, [43] resulting in very minor damage. [44] August 13, 1988- Tropical Depression Four makes landfall in extreme northeastern Florida, producing light to moderate rainfall throughout the entire state peaking at 7.72 inches (196 mm) in Homestead. [45]
Thousands of people could wake up in the dark Thursday as torrential rain and powerful winds knocked out power across South Florida metro areas, triggered flash flood warnings and prompted school ...