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    Hurricane Milton is already the second strongest Gulf storm in history – and is only getting stronger
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    Hurricane Milton is already the second strongest Gulf storm in history – and is only getting stronger

    Hurricane Milton is already the second strongest Gulf hurricane in history, just behind Hurricane Rita – and experts expect the Category 5 storm to strengthen as it heads toward Florida. Milton's minimum central pressure – one of the main ways meteorologists measure hurricane strength, with lower values ​​indicating higher strength – was assessed at 897 […]

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    Tampa Bay hasn't been hit by a direct hurricane since the catastrophic storm of 1921 – and Milton is expected to fare even worse
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    Tampa Bay hasn't been hit by a direct hurricane since the catastrophic storm of 1921 – and Milton is expected to fare even worse

    Tampa Bay hasn't experienced a direct hurricane in more than 100 years – and the approaching Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to bring a storm surge to the low-lying city unlike anything ever recorded in the area. The last time a storm hit Tampa was in October 1921, when the Tarpon Springs Hurricane hit […]

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    The destruction of Hurricane Helene has “forever changed” mountain towns in North Carolina.
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    The destruction of Hurricane Helene has “forever changed” mountain towns in North Carolina.

    Mountain towns in North Carolina have been “forever changed” and cut off from the world by the wrath of Hurricane Helene – with residents describing the destruction as “absolutely overwhelming”. “Chimney Rock is just destroyed, it's changed forever,” said 59-year-old Brett Johnson, a resident of the small tourist town about an hour southeast of Asheville. […]

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    Hurricane is on track for this week
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    Hurricane is on track for this week

    Tropical Storm Milton is expected to strengthen into a hurricane this evening as the storm slowly tracks east across the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday morning, bringing the tropical cyclone somewhere in the middle of the Florida Peninsula. The storm intensified early Sunday with winds reaching 60 miles per hour. Heavy rain is expected well […]

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    A hurricane is expected to hit Florida
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    A hurricane is expected to hit Florida

    The Carolinas band together to recover from Hurricane Helene Trucks full of donations and hope are heading to North Carolina as South Carolinians band together to support their northern neighbors affected by Hurricane Helene. Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as forecasters expect the storm to quickly strengthen into a […]

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