John has re-formed as a tropical storm in the Pacific off Mexico's western coast, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — John has re-formed as a tropical storm in the Pacific off Mexico's western coast, forecasters say.
MIAMI (AP) — John has re-formed as a tropical storm in the Pacific off Mexico's western coast, forecasters say.
Jared Moskowitz slammed the Georgia Republican for her “very dangerous” misinformation.
More than three million Florida homes and businesses without power and 1,900 flights have been cancelled
Hurricane Milton hit Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 9 with heavy rain and strong winds
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Multiple fatalities have already been reported as Hurricane Milton continues to wreak havoc as it moves off Florida’s east coast
Parts of the roof of Tropicana Field, the stadium where the Tampa Bay Rays play, were ripped to shreds after enduring extreme winds from Hurricane Milton, videos and photos from the area showed, as the death toll mounted in the wake of the storm.Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, earlier Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. It weakened to a Category 1 early Thursday morning and was located 40 miles south-southwest of Orlando, a
AccuWeather's Ali Reid reported live from the scene of storm surge flooding in Fort Myers, showcasing the powerful impacts of Milton even before the storm had made landfall.
Hurricane Milton doubled the requirements for rapid intensification when it grew from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm
Dozens of tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton caught many Floridians by surprise as they braced for heavy rain, strong winds and storm surges. Violent twisters were seen crossing highways, ripping off roofs and downing trees and power lines. When Debbie Jones felt a drop in pressure and her ears popping in the Holiday Pines neighborhood of Ft. Pierce, she knew it was a tornado.
Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida’s western coast on Wednesday night, making landfall as a powerful Category 3 storm. The intense hurricane spawned tornadoes, dumped rain across much of the state, left millions without power and claimed at least nine lives, including five people in St. Lucie County.
At least 11 people died as Hurricane Milton sent tornadoes spinning across Florida, officials said Thursday as the state grappled with flooding, power outages and other woes from a milder than expected storm that many had feared would be catastrophic.The southeastern US state was able to avoid the level of catastrophic devastation that officials had feared.
We’ve been warned homes could turn into ‘coffins’ if we don’t flee Hurricane Milton. But my bit of Tampa hasn’t been ordered to evacuate, writes Stephanie Lifshin, so we’re not going anywhere…
"If you're someone who saw the mayor of Tampa get on CNN and say that 'If you stay, you're going to die,' and you're confused on why anyone would ever stay in Tampa if our mayor just said we're going to die, you're missing a really key piece of this..."
Floridians awoke Thursday morning with the worst of Hurricane Milton largely behind them but a long road to recovery still ahead. Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, in Siesta Key, Fla., 5 miles west of Sarasota and about 70 miles south of the…
STORY: :: This man survived two hurricanes from his mobile home in St. Petersburg, Florida:: St. Petersburg, Florida:: Jerald Gilchrist, Hurricane survivor"I’ve seen the road get flooded, but never like this. And this much damage – I mean this was powerful. When it came and hit the side of the trailers, it sounded like an aircraft carrier, I mean not a carrier, but a plane coming in, and I mean it just shook the whole building.”:: October 10, 2024:: While most of his neighbors evacuated the area, Gilchrist is one of the few left"For the few years I got left, I’d like to stay here, but you know. It gets scary and to evacuate it's more of a pain in the neck." "If it was gonna go, I was gonna go, too. So, just trying to protect it, you know. But if I had to do it again, I don’t think I would. Matter of fact, during the storm, I thought about that, you know, that I made a bad decision.”The floodwaters in Gilchrist’s mobile home park were as high as three-and-a-half feet in certain parts. The retired truck driver said he’d never seen it this bad since moving to Florida from Stamford, Connecticut 11 years ago.Residents of St. Petersburg, Florida, who decided to ride out Hurricane Milton despite dire warnings and mandatory evacuation orders emerged from their homes on Thursday morning to find their city largely intact after the powerful storm's overnight passage.In the downtown, situated alongside Tampa Bay, many streets avoided flooding, boats in the city marina fared well and damage to the city's buildings appeared limited.That is not to say the city came away completely unscathed. The hurricane's shredding winds ripped a gaping hole in the fabric roof of St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, scattered tree limbs across many streets and brought down power lines.
Watch a live view of Tampa on Wednesday (9 October) as Florida braces for “catastrophic” Hurricane Milton. Millions of residents are racing to evacuate as the Category 5 storm approaches landfall on the state’s western coast. President Joe Biden warned that evacuation orders for Floridians were a matter of “life and death”, while the National Hurricane Center warned Milton could be “one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida.”
Florida Republican Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez suggested Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) should have her “head examined” after she claimed humans can control the weather. “Humans cannot create or control hurricanes,” Gimenez posted on the social platform X, as Hurricane Milton bore down on his home state. “Anyone who thinks they can, needs…
A palm tree was toppled in St Petersburg, Florida, as Hurricane Milton hit the area on October 9.Footage posted by the City of St Petersburg shows the tree lifting out of the ground outside the Moxy Hotel.Hurricane Milton made landfall in Sarasota as a Category 3 storm, but was later downgraded to a Category 2.Numerous St Pete residents reported transformers blowing out as the storm lashed the city. By 10:45 pm, more than 380,000 customers were without electricity in Pinellas County alone, according to power supplier Duke Energy. Credit: City of St. Petersburg via Storyful
In an Instagram Stories posted on Tuesday, the influencer and author said she lives in a 'mandatory evacuation' zone in Sarasota