Day: October 7, 2024

With winds of 160 mph, Milton has strengthened into the second Category 5 hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Beryl was the first storm to reach Category 5 status, doing so while it was traversing the Caribbean Sea in early July. Milton was only a tropical storm on Sunday morning, but winds ramped … Read moreHurricane Milton becomes a Category 5 storm

Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying and will strengthen further over the record-warm Gulf of Mexico, potentially to Category 5… It is then expected to grow in size, which means that although it may decrease in category, its dangerous impacts will be spread over a much larger area. Milton is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s … Read moreMilton the miserable: Storm explodes in strength