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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Milton now ranks as the third-greatest 24-hour wind speed intensification for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. (Records are based on data since the satellite era began in the 1960s.)

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

How about boosting the funding for FEMA? Another cluster fuck in the making thanks to the GOP.

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago

Even though Tanya Marunchak’s Belleair Beach home was flooded with more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) of water from Helene, she and her husband were unsure Monday morning if they should evacuate. She wanted to leave, but her husband thought their three-story home was sturdy enough to withstand Milton.

That poor woman. If her husband thinks he’s safe in their “sturdy” home, she should leave him behind.

[-] Ramenhunter84@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Florida gonna look like Fallout4 post Hurricane Milton and Hurricane season ain't even over...

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Tropical Tidbits update has some solid info not only on the current data and what to expect, but WHY these things can happen.

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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Did Helene not eradicate all the idiots?

How are there more?

Graghhhhhh.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Don't hurricanes normally go the other way? I thought they normally blow towards the southwest?

[-] ghen@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gulf hurricanes can do this, and they can become some of the strongest hurricanes very quickly. One or two of the massive storms in 2005 were gulf hurricanes

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