(Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Milton is threatening to grow into a major hurricane aimed at Florida’s Gulf Coast including Tampa, potentially causing...
-- Tropical Storm Milton is threatening to grow into a major hurricane aimed at Florida ’s Gulf Coast including Tampa, potentially causing billions of dollars in damage and heaping more misery on a state and region still reeling from Helene less than two weeks ago.Milton’s top winds reached 65 miles per hour Sunday about 835 miles west-southwest of Tampa, with the storm forecast to grow into a Category 3 hurricane as it crosses the warm Gulf of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center said.
Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said FEMA was “absolutely ready” for Milton. As Milton moves eastward across the Gulf, it will be fueled by very warm water and almost no adverse atmospheric conditions, Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, said in a forecast analysis, though it may weaken somewhat from dry air and wind shear as it nears the shore.
The effects may be even worse because Helene’s winds and surge wiped out many beaches along Florida’s west coast, leaving the area more vulnerable to Milton’s power. “Regardless of the details, there is increasing confidence that a powerful hurricane with life-threatening hazards will be affecting portions of the Florida west coast around the middle of this week,” Beven said.
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