Hurricane Kirk reached Category 4 storm status on Thursday ... source from the warm Atlantic Ocean and becomes known as a ...

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The GPM core observatory satellite scanned reviving tropical storm Kirk on September 25, 2018 at 7:35 p.m. (2335 UTC). Rain was falling at over 71 mm (2.8 inches) in storms around the center.

By Sunday afternoon, Milton intensified from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf Coast and was expected to impact Florida by early next week. Hurricane Kirk, carrying maximum ...