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The term “rapid intensification” describes an increase in sustained wind speeds of at least 35 mph over a 24-hour period, according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Milton has ...
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), [21] 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, [22] [23] making it the second Category 5 hurricane of the season ...
Milton is the quickest storm on record to rapidly intensify into a Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said. On Sunday, the system was a tropical storm with ...
Milton underwent rapid intensification from a tropical storm on Sunday morning into a Category 5 hurricane in just 24 hours. On Tuesday, it was a strong Category 4 for much of the day before ...
Much of Florida’s west coast was under hurricane and storm surge warnings. A hurricane warning was also issued for parts of Mexico’s Yucatan state, which expected to get sideswiped. Milton intensified quickly Monday over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. It had maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.
This extra heat made Milton the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic hurricane on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, with maximum sustained wind speeds reaching 180 mph (290 kph).
(Reuters) -Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Monday, posing an immediate threat to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on its way to Florida, where the state ordered mass evacuations ...
The NHC said in its 2 p.m. update that Milton is a “potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane,” and while “fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is forecast to remain an ...