2024-10-07 19:26:00
Him Hurricane Milton gained strength this Monday 7th it has become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 stormthe top of the scale, which is moving toward the west coast of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, the US Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. Furthermore, in the middle of the week it is expected to land in the state of Texas, where the consequences of the Helene tornado are still being felt.
The CNH indicated in an update that, according to data collected by aerial reconnaissance squadrons, “maximum sustained winds” have increased to 257 kilometers per hour. As such, Milton joins Beryl as the second Category 5 hurricane this year.
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Before reaching Florida, expected between Monday and Wednesday, it is expected to skim parts of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, causing strong winds and rising water levels up to 1.5 meters with “large and destructive waves”depending on the organization.
Considered as the second major hurricane recorded in the Gulf of Mexico in two weeksMilton is now “extremely dangerous” according to the NHC and could cause storm surge and hurricanes across a large area of the Yucatan Peninsula and Florida’s west coast, in this case starting Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
In this sense, the eye of the storm was located this morning about 240 kilometers west of the Mexican city of Progreso, according to the National Coordination of Civil Protection of Mexico. For this reason, the governor of Yucatán, Joaquín Díaz Menahe urged the population to take extreme precautions and, in fact, in several locations lessons were suspended.
The climate alarm in Florida
Meanwhile, Milton also threatens the state of Florida, from whose coast it is just over 1,100 kilometers away. In this regard, meteorologists predict that the hurricane will hit Florida on Wednesday, where They are still trying to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helenewhich hit the area as a category four cyclone. Even before Milton approached that state, heavy rain and flooding was expected in urban areas and would worsen as rivers overflowed.
Florida emergency services are already preparing for what will happenn the largest evacuations since 2017 and the governor, Ron De Santiswarned that power outages will be even greater than those caused by Helene, according to the network CNN. In this sense, residents of the central-west coast have been invited to pay attention to the evacuation orders of the local authorities.
The National Weather Service in Tampa, Florida, announced that if the cyclone “continues on its current path,” It will be the worst storm to hit the area “in more than 100 years”. According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), only forty hurricanes have become this powerful. Two category 5 hurricanes were recorded in 2022 and 2023, Ian and Lee respectively.
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Florida authorities ordered new evacuations in the region on Monday. “Those who have the means to do so (…) should get on the road today”, they urged in a press conference aimed specifically at the populations of the Tampa metropolitan area (of approximately 3 million inhabitants), in the Gulf of Mexico. .
Beyond that, DeSantis said this Milton would remain a hurricane throughout its passage through the state of Floridawhich will cross from west to east. Likewise, it expanded to 51 (out of a total of 67) the number of counties in an emergency situation in the third most populous state in the country.
Milton could bring up to 10 inches of rainfall (with occasional spots up to 15 inches) to Florida devastation with flash flooding in urban areasaccording to the NHC. The agency also warned that the most powerful hurricanes, Category 3 or higher, cause “devastating damage” even to solidly built homes, and that “there will be power and water shortages for several days after the storm passes.”
For his part, President Joe Biden indicated this in a statement his government was preparing “life-saving resources” and urged residents to follow the instructions of local authorities to prevent themselves.
Scientists support it Climate change likely plays a role in the rapid intensification of hurricanesbecause warmer ocean surfaces release more water vapor, which gives storms more energy and consequently intensifies their winds.
The danger of debris from Hurricane Helene
Helene struck the Florida coast as a Category 4 hurricane on September 26 and left a path of destruction inland as far as the Appalachian Mountains, bringing torrential rain and flooding. With at least 230 deaths, it has become so the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
“We need to clear out as much debris as possible” caused by Helene because it creates a “safety risk and will increase the damage Milton could cause”DeSantis said. Rescuers continue to work to find survivors and bring electricity and drinking water to mountain communities isolated by the storm.
The scale of the disaster did not prevent it from being the focus of a disinformation campaign. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused his Democratic rival for the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris, of allocate part of the budget intended to help those affected by Helene to migrants.
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