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We’re focused on just recovering, you know, getting the help to people that need it. Again, this community was hit. From what the dopplers are showing, we got hit the hardest, the quickest.”
When asked for the number of fatalities, so far, Pearson said Unfortunately it’s going to be a fatal storm.”
Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said Inside Hurricane Milton, @saildrone reported wave height of 28.12 feet and wind gusts as strong as 75.95 mph while 40 nautical miles from the center of the storm. This research represents a collaborative endeavor to better understand the role of the ocean in hurricanes,
the agency captioned the video on X (formerly Twitter). First responders are staged and ready to go, as soon as weather conditions allow,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said late Wednesday Warnings that deaths will be unavoidable for those who have refused to evacuate as the torrential rain batters their homes."
In further updates, Susanna said of the storm STOP: Do not walk out into receding water in Tampa Bay—the water WILL return through storm surge and poses a life-threatening risk."
The Florida Division of Emergency Management on Wednesday night posted to X, formerly Twitter At this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down,
DeSantis said upon announcing the landfall It's going to mean pretty much all the rescues are going to be done in the dark, in the middle of the night, but that's fine. They're going to do that,
If you're on the southern part of this storm, you are going to get storm surge,
It's churning massive amounts of water, and that water is going to come out,
Because the strongest winds in a tropical cyclone are not located precisely at the center, it is possible for a cyclone's strongest winds to be experienced over land even if landfall does not occur. Similarly, it is possible for a tropical cyclone to make landfall and have its strongest winds remain over the water,
the National Hurricane Center explained The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and to the south of the landfall location, where the surge will be accompanied by large and dangerous waves," ... Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances."
The National Hurricane Center's (NHC) advisory on Monday afternoon warned ... It also noted So the storm is here. It's time for every one to hunker down,
Governor Ron DeSantis told a press conference just before Milton's arrival I am nervous. This is something we just went through with the other storm - ground saturated, still recovering from that,
Randy Prior, who owns a pool business, told AFP There's been a reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies,
Biden said in angry remarks Stay inside and stay off the roads. Flood waters and rushing storm surge are very dangerous,
It is dangerous, it is unconscionable, frankly, that anyone who'd consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people to the point that those desperate people would not receive the aid to which they are entitled,
It’s actually a lot calmer now than before but I think it’ll get a bit hairy later on,
he told the Herald after 2pm NZT Life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding continue as Milton moves inland along the Florida West Coast,
the National Hurricane Centre said The worst will hit early hours of the morning so could be a long night,