Fast-growing Hurricane Milton is officially a Category 5 storm as it nears Florida
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast and wreaked a path of destruction across the southeastern U.S., the state is bracing for another — and likely even more powerful — major hurricane to come ashore.
Hurricane Milton reached Category 5 — the strongest of the classifications — on Monday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, the National Hurricane Center said shortly before noon ET.
I’m glad to see that people are evacuating…
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/07/nx-s1-5142961/hurricane-milton-florida-evacuations
