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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 Stay inside and stay off the roads. Flood waters and rushing storm surge are very dangerous,
There's been a reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies,
Biden said in angry remarks 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,
Storm surge is absolutely pouring into Venice, Florida now as hurricane #Milton makes landfall,
storm chaser Bryce Shelton wrote while sharing a video to X, formerly Twitter We're not gonna get the 15 feet that was predicted in the onset,
Surge has now crested the protective wall in Punta Gorda, FL and is now pouring into the city,
wrote storm chaser Brad Arnold while sharing a different video Hopefully [people in Tampa] are just sheltering in the place right now,
It's scary out there,
said Marcus Vargas, who says Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,
the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Evacuate now, now, now,
U.S. President Joe Biden advised Florida residents Tuesday from the White House The thing is it’s so difficult to evacuate in a peninsula,
I think if you have water and batteries, everything’s OK,
That doesn't mean that it couldn't happen,
said Luisa Meshekoff, who nevertheless was staying put with her partner and eight cats in their home, a brick warehouse in a mandatory evacuation zone in Tampa's Channel District Unless you really have a good reason to leave at this point, we suggest you just hunker down,
Polk County Emergency Management Director Paul Womble said in a public update