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Hurricane Milton Live Updates: Here's What To Know As Storm Nears Category 5 Status—Again
What Have Politicians Said About Hurricane Milton? President Joe Biden addressed the country from the White House Tuesday morning and called Hurricane Milton “a matter of life a
Hurricane Milton intensity back near Category 5 storm on way to Florida
Hurricane Milton began its turn toward Florida on Tuesday rebounding back to near Category 5 strength with a forecast landfall near Tampa Bay with up to 15-foot storm surge, and a projected path that will cut through Central Florida,
Hurricane Milton close to Category 5 strength; winds at 155 mph. Florida finalizing preparations
Landfall expected Wednesday night. NHC said Milton "has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida."
Monday live updates: Hurricane watch issued for Tampa Bay as Milton strengthens to Cat 5 storm
Hurricane Milton is continuing to rapidly intensify before its expected landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast sometime Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center on Monday issued a hurricane watch for a stretch of the coastline including Tampa Bay, which remained roughly in the middle of the forecast cone.
Hurricane Milton: See Tampa Bay webcams live as the storm approaches
For those in the Tampa area or interested in the storm's impacts there, you can watch on the webcams below.
Hurricane Milton tracker: Dangerous Category 5 storm with sustained 180 mph winds heads toward Florida, massive evacuations ordered
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified Monday morning, strengthening from a Category 4 to a dangerous Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of around 180 mph as it took aim at the Florida Gulf Coast, which is still reeling from Helene's record-breaking landfall just over a week ago.
Tampa Bay braces for Hurricane Milton; evacuations ordered as Category 4 storm looms
Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a rare direct hit on the populous Tampa Bay region with towering storm surges and turn debris from Helene’s recent devastation into projectiles.
Milton grows to Category 5; emergency director ‘begs’ Tampa Bay to evacuate
Two days before Hurricane Milton’s projected landfall, state officials on Monday begged Tampa Bay residents to evacuate before its major storm surge and winds hit the state’s Central Gulf Coast. Milton increased intensity to a Category 5 storm Monday morning with sustained winds clocked at 160 mph and is expected to remain a hurricane after
LIVE: Hurricane Milton’s threat toward Tampa Bay
Hurricane Milton is continuing its threatening path toward Florida’s west coast, with a potential landfall this upcoming Wednesday. Milton was upgraded to Category 5 hurricane at noon Monday. However,
Hurricane Milton maps: Tracking the Category 5 storm
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane Monday on a path toward Florida population centers including Tampa and Orlando, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after a catastrophic Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.
Could Milton become a Category 6 hurricane? Is that even possible?
The rapidly developing hurricane that shows no signs of stopping won’t technically become a Category 6 because the category doesn't exist at the moment. But it could soon reach the level of a hypothetical Category 6 experts have discussed and stir up arguments about whether the National Hurricane Center’s long-used scale for classifying hurricane wind speeds from Category 1 to 5 might need an overhaul.
Why is Tampa Bay so vulnerable to hurricanes?
The last time the eye of a major storm like Hurricane Milton struck Tampa Bay, in 1921, the city was a sleepy backwater of a few hundred thousand people. A century later, it’s among the ...
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Extreme Hurricane Milton takes aim, Tampa Bay region braces for a worst case scenario
Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane on Monday morning at a rate rarely seen and is on course to strike ...
What a Simulated Category 5 Hurricane Over Tampa Tells Us Could Happen Next
A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area—and the results ...
Hurricane Milton Hits Category 5, Takes Aim At Florida Days After Helene; Flood Concerns In Tampa Bay & Miami As Orlando Theme Parks Monitor Storm – Update
Hurricane Milton is now a Category 5 hurricane, topping the scale of categories with winds at 160 mph. Category 5 hurricanes ...
City-by-city forecasts as Hurricane Milton sweeps toward Florida’s west coast
Milton remains on track to slam into the west coast of Florida early Thursday as a large and powerful hurricane, bringing a ...