2024-10-09 21:50:00
DESCRIBED – US President Joe Biden fears the storm could be “the worst” the country has ever experienced.
Florida is awaiting the passage of one of the strongest hurricanes it has ever experienced on Thursday. President Joe Biden even mentioned the worst to hit the United States in a century, in a country already devastated by Katrina in 2005 (1,900 deaths). Classified as Category 5 (the highest) on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Milton could be downgraded to Category 4 if it makes landfall, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). But it is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it reaches Florida’s west-central coast. “According to current data, we can think that Milton will be one of the three most violent cyclones to hit the coasts of the United States”analyzes Robert Vautar, climatologist at the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute, in Guyancourt.
As the southeastern United States barely recovers from Helen’s passage in late September, winds of up to 170 mph are expected. “Beyond Milton’s intensity, he is…
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