Fury in the Sunshine State: Haunting Images of Hurricane Milton’s Unrelenting Assault on Florida

• The natural phenomenon lost a little intensity but grew in size on the afternoon of October 9

Hurricane Milton classified as “extremely dangerous”touched the city of Florida in the United States on Wednesday, October 9, in category 4, after having reached category 5 twice in the last 72 hours.

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According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), Milton lost intensity and in the afternoon had maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour. However, it grew in size and its tropical storm-force winds extended up to about 400 kilometers from its center.

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In an update issued at 3:00 pm, the meteorological center indicated that these tropical storm winds are already beginning to move inland on the west coast of Florida, where tornadoes have also occurred moments before in the central and southern areas of the state. .

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The EFE news agency reported that experts are preparing for the storm surge that Milton can cause in Tampa Bay, between 3 to 4.5 meters high.

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The heavy rains that Milton will dump across the Florida peninsula through October 10 will carry “the risk of catastrophic flash and urban flooding,” especially in areas where coastal and inland flooding combine.

A “catastrophic and deadly” hurricane

The United States Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) warned on October 9 that Hurricane Milton will be “catastrophic and deadly.” In addition, he asked the population to use these last hours to leave the area and for those who have not been able to “seek safe places immediately.”

United States President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, October 8, that Hurricane Milton could be the “worst” to hit the state of Florida in a century and asked people in the path of the storm to evacuate. as soon as possible.

During the morning of October 9, a tornado was reported in Broward County, heading towards Palm Beach.

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The streets of Fort. Myers, on the west coast of Florida, is full of fallen vegetation due to the heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane Milton.

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