2024-10-07 16:20:24
“I don’t think there’s a scenario where we wouldn’t have significant impacts.” » This is how the Florida government, Ron DeSantis (Republican), warned his fellow citizens on Sunday of the arrival of <a href="https://time.news/desantis-declares-state-of-emergency-in-35-counties-ahead-of-expected-hurricane-milton/" title="DeSantis declares state of emergency in 35 counties ahead of expected Hurricane Milton”>Hurricane Milton. This grows stronger hour after hour, “enhanced” by the very high temperature of the water in the Gulf of Mexico where it was formed. This region of the world is a “hurricane factory”, whose “intensification can be very rapid”, underlines Davide Faranda, CNRS researcher at the Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences (LSCE).
Milton moved up to category 3, then to 4, and finally to the maximum level of 5 this Monday. It will make landfall Wednesday, probably in or near crowded Tampa Bay. A storm surge is expected to raise sea levels by 1 to 3 metres, while showers are expected on Wednesday evening.
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