Hurricane Milton - Most Powerful Storm in the World in 2024

Hurricane Milton - Most Powerful Storm in the World in 2024

 

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Hurricane Milton has been designated the most powerful storm on earth in 2024.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor delivered a dire warning to residents who choose to stay behind in evacuation zones as Hurricane Milton rages toward Florida’s west coast.

“I can say without any dramatization whatsoever: If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re gonna die,” Castor told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday night.

 

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Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico  443 AM EDT Tue Oct 8 2024. SYNOPSIS...Major Hurricane Milton is near 22.3N 88.9W at  5 AM EDT, and is moving east-northeast at 10 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 135 kt with gusts to 165 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 924 mb. Milton will move to 22.9N 87.5W this afternoon, 24.2N 85.8W Wed morning, 26.0N 84.2W Wed afternoon,  27.6N 82.6W Thu morning, 28.8N 79.9W Thu afternoon, and weaken as an extratropical cyclone over the Atlantic near 29.7N 76.5W Fri morning. Milton will change little in intensity as it moves to 30.4N  69.9W early Sat. Meanwhile, 1004 mb low pressure is near 26N83W  along a stationary front stretching from near Marco Island,  Florida, through the low to 25N87W. Fresh to near gale force winds and building seas are north of the front. The low and front will slowly shift east-southeastward today. Conditions should improve across the basin by the end of the week.