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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). It is extremely difficult for numerical models to get the timing and magnitude of [rapid intensification] correct,
said Gus Alaka, director of the hurricane research division at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). I don't know the answer to that question, ... but I think that's an important question that we should be asking."
As the world warms, rapid intensification becomes more of the norm,
Zarzycki said, creating even more complications for forecasters 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 You'll have bipartisan support for that, and it will all happen in due time, and we'll get that job done,
the speaker said on Fox News Sunday this past weekend Our communities cannot wait, and we must act swiftly to provide them with the assurance that their government will stand by them,
It went from being a tropical storm to being a Category 5 hurricane in less than two days, which is off the charts,
said Karthik Balaguru, a climate scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory It’s that isolation from other thunderstorms that allows the pressure to deepen and the winds to develop,
You can think of it as the shedding of its skin. Once it sheds its skin, it can re-intensify. That’s exactly what we saw with Milton,
No one should be confused; it's still expected to be one of the most and worst destructive hurricanes to hit Florida in over a century and sometimes moving just a few miles can be the difference between life and death,
he said from the Oval Office on Wednesday I know in hurricanes we focus on the wind speed - how strong are the winds - the wind isn't usually the killer in hurricanes; it's usually the water, the storm surge, the rainfall,
Sarah Griffin, a meteorology expert and associate researcher at the University of Madison-Wisconsin's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, told Reuters If you wind up having to evacuate, if you wind up having to stay in a shelter, you don't want to add COVID-19 to the list of dangers that you are going to be confronting,
Listen to your senile idol and make sure to get boosted for Hurricane Milton protection!"
Vaccine conspiracy theorist Simon Goddek posted the same video on October 8, with a message toward liberal commentators Ed and Brian Krassenstein Losing a vehicle during a storm only adds to the stress when people are already facing so much—and it's something that can often be prevented,
Kriseman, a Democrat politician who served as mayor from 2014 to 2022, told Newsweek I'm a Corvette owner. I would simply drive it to a safe location and pay for secured closed garage long term parking. Then go back and get it,
I love that you gift wrapped it so Milton can celebrate his birthday,
Fun thing about cars is that you can drive them away from danger."
The airport, in collaboration with federal and airline partners, agreed to cease commercial operations to prevent aircraft from operating under unsafe weather conditions for landings and take-offs,
My specific job inside the hurricane entails launching small packages (dropsondes) that gather meteorological data as it falls inside the storm. I will drop 15-30 of these during the mission. Flights can last up to 12 hours. We typically fly hurricanes at 10,000 feet (3050 meters),