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Hurricane Milton Impact on UCF vs. Cincinnati: Latest Updates

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Hurricane Milton Impact on UCF vs. Cincinnati: Latest Updates

Hurricane Milton is becoming a historic storm AccuWeather's Bernie Rayno and Jon Porter warn that the conditions brought by powerful Hurricane Milton could become a historic storm. UCF and Cincinnati are scheduled to play a key Big 12 college football game in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, but the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton could lead […]

Hurricane Milton: The roof of the Rays' Tropicana Field was ripped off as the storm made landfall in Tampa

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Hurricane Milton: The roof of the Rays' Tropicana Field was ripped off as the storm made landfall in Tampa

The roof of Tropicana Field was quickly destroyed when Hurricane Milton made landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday. The storm, which reached Category 5 over the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, hit Florida's west coast on Wednesday. Within hours, large sections of the roof at the home stadium of the Tampa Bay […]

The size and strength of Hurricane Milton are influenced by wind shear

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The size and strength of Hurricane Milton are influenced by wind shear

Florida residents are preparing for Hurricane Milton Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for 54 counties as Hurricane Milton approaches. To use a fairytale analogy, potentially catastrophic Hurricane Milton could face the weather equivalent of the Big Bad Wolf as it approaches Florida – wind shear. This interaction could bring mixed […]

Hurricane Milton is on track to hit Florida as a potentially historic storm

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Hurricane Milton is on track to hit Florida as a potentially historic storm

Hurricane Milton The storm raced across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday en route to Florida's west coast, where mass evacuations clogged highways as people braced for a potentially historic storm. Some communities, such as those in and around Tampa Bay, were still suffering the effects Hurricane Helene less than two […]

Milton could soon be one of the strongest hurricanes in the United States

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Milton could soon be one of the strongest hurricanes in the United States

As Hurricane Milton strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico, we take a look at some of the strongest storms to hit the U.S. and the devastation each brought. Hurricane Milton strengthened into a powerful Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday with sustained winds of 170 mph (280 km/h) as it approached […]

Hurricane Milton is turning into a strong Category 5 storm on its way to Florida – this is how rapid intensification works

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Hurricane Milton is turning into a strong Category 5 storm on its way to Florida – this is how rapid intensification works

Hurricane Milton went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than 24 hours as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. As wind speeds increased, Milton became one of the fastest intensifying storms ever. And with sustained winds of 180 miles per hour on October 7, 2024 and […]

Maps show the track of Hurricane Milton as forecasters predict landfall in Florida this week

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Maps show the track of Hurricane Milton as forecasters predict landfall in Florida this week

Hurricane Milton On Monday, the storm strengthened into a strong Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, which is expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast by midweek. Forecasters expect Milton to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday or early Thursday, flooding much of a state that is […]

Florida is preparing for massive evacuations as Milton strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane

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Florida is preparing for massive evacuations as Milton strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Milton was on track to become a major hurricane Monday toward Florida's population centers including Tampa and Orlando, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for possible mass evacuations less than two weeks after a catastrophic Hurricane Helene flooded the coast. Milton became a Category […]

Milton forecast strengthening into Category 3 and is expected to make landfall in Florida this week

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Milton forecast strengthening into Category 3 and is expected to make landfall in Florida this week

Hurricane Milton, which formed as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon, strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday. As CBS News reports, it is expected to move along the west coast of Tampa as a Category 3 hurricane by Wednesday , Florida, makes landfall. In a warning Sunday evening, […]

Milton is strengthening today into a hurricane that will hit Florida this week

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Milton is strengthening today into a hurricane that will hit Florida this week

Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later today. In a warning Sunday morning, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Milton could become a “major hurricane” as it moves across the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico toward the west […]