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The latest on Hurricane Milton’s track: Hurricane Milton regained Category 5 status in Tuesday’s 11 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Sustained winds were 160 mph. Milton could ...
October 9 – Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h), becoming the second major hurricane to strike Florida in under a two-week period. [221] The storm brought significant flooding and damaging winds to much of the state.
Four international airports are closing ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall, while American Airlines is operating 12 flights for evacuees. Over 1,800 flights canceled and 10 airports ...
Kevin Guthrie, Florida's director of emergency management, said Sunday that the evacuation for Milton could be the largest the state has seen since Hurricane Irma in 2017 when an estimated 6 ...
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
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.
Heavy traffic begins to back up on Interstate 275 South as residents evacuate St. Petersburg, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall, Oct. 7, 2024.
Milton leaves a trail of deaths across the state. At least two people died because of the hurricane in Volusia County, northeast of Orlando, sheriff's office spokesperson Andrew Gant said.