Hurrikaani Milton on kurkottamassa Floridaan – onko sinulla jo evakuointitarvikkeet valmiina?
Hurrikaani Milton on juuri kulkeutumassa Floridaan, ja sen odotetaan iskevän osavaltion länsirannikolle myöhään keskiviikkona tai aikaisin torstaina. Meteorologit seuraavat tilannetta tarkasti, sillä Milton on huippuvuorollaan ollut suurin hurrikaani, joka on saattanut aiheuttaa valtavia tuhoja. Evakuointikäskyt on annettu jo monille paikkakunnille, ja paikallisten viranomaisten kehotuksia tulee ehdottomasti noudattaa.
Paikallisten viranomaisten ilmoitusten myötä yli 50 piirikuntaa on julistanut hätätilan, mikä tarkoittaa, että monet asukkaat ovat jo alkaneet pakata tavaroitaan. Erityisesti Tampa Bayn alue, jossa asuu yli kolme miljoonaa ihmistä, on erityisen vaarassa Miltonin tuomien voimakkaiden myrskyaaltojen vuoksi. Evakuointihätää lisää se, että suuria kenttiä, kuten Tampa ja Orlando, on jo suljettu lentoliikenteeltä.
Pelastusviranomaiset, mukaan lukien FEMA, ovat valmiina tukemaan osavaltiota kaikilla mahdollisilla keinoilla hurrikaanin vaikutusten lievittämiseksi. On tärkeää kuunnella viranomaisia ja valmistautua evakuointiin, mikäli ohjeistusta tulee. Kenttäkoirien ja helikopterien lisäksi myös poliisi suojelee todisteita hurrikaanin vaikutuksilta - todella nostetta tilannehuoneessa.
Miksi hätätilan julistaminen on niin oleellista? Koska se tarjoaa asukkaille tarvittavaa tukea ja resursseja hurrikaanin aikana. Kuten aina, on syytä huomata, että hurrikaanit tuovat mukanaan myös kehitysvaiheita - voimme vain toivoa, että Floridan viranomaiset hallitsevat tämän haasteen mahdollisimman hyvin. Tiesitkö, että hurrikaanin keskuksessa voi olla jopa 50 astetta celsius, kun taas ympärillä voi olla vain 25? Hurrikaanit ovat luonnon voimia, jotka ansaitsevat kunnioitusta ja varovaisuutta.
It is forecast to make landfall in Florida late on Wednesday or early Thursday morning.
FOX 13 meteorologists are closely tracking Hurricane Milton, which is expected to hit Florida's Gulf coast late Wednesday or early Thursday as a major hurricane ...
Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued and others are underway. If local authorities issue evacuations, please listen and evacuate immediately.
Here's what we are tracking right now with this Hurricane Milton. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com.
The National Hurricane Center warned Milton will be "a very dangerous hurricane when it reaches Florida."
Mandatory evacuation zones are in effect as Hurricane Milton bears down. More than 50 counties are under states of emergency.
With major airports already shutting down, gas stations running low on fuel, a spate of tornado warnings and bridges on the Florida Peninsula closing, ...
Advocates believe governor is unfit for emergency planning due to policies that fuel the crisis worsening storms.
'Storm of the century' set to hit Tampa on Florida's west coast, home to more than three million people.
Hurricane Milton is hours away from its expected catastrophic landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday night, but a potentially deadly storm surge from ...
Tampa and Orlando International Airports are already closed for Hurricane Milton. Disney World and Universal Orlando parks are closed, too.
As Hurricane Milton approached the state's west coast, President Biden said the storm is "expected to be one of the most and worst destructive hurricanes to ...
Those who had not yet evacuated reconsidered as the winds and rains from the incoming hurricane began to pick up on Wednesday.
Hurricane Milton, a powerful Category 4 storm, is forecast to double in size as it barrels toward Florida. The storm's trajectory also made a dramatic shift ...
Milton continued to weaken in intensity Wednesday afternoon but the storm grew in size and remained an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it hit the west ...
Here's what we know about Hurricane Milton and it's projected landfall time off Florida's west coast.
Milton will bring dangerous, life-threatening impacts across Central Florida overnight. Here's what to expect. - Articles from The Weather Channel ...
Despite repeated tropical storms, the nation's third most populous state continues to attract more newcomers and sees no end to development.
As powerful Hurricane Milton moved closer to Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday afternoon, tropical storm-force winds began lashing the state as officials...
During his remarks, President Biden also accused former President Trump of leading the "onslaught of lies" about hurricane aid.
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Powerful cyclone slams into coast, bringing deadly storm surge to Sarasota, Tampa, St Petersburg and Fort Myers.
Millions have fled the storm expected to make landfall Wednesday night or early Thursday. A boarded up house for sale in the the front yard in Dunedin ahead of ...
The big picture: Multiple fatalities have been reported in tornadoes spawned by the hurricane in St. Lucie County and a flash flood emergency is in effect in ...
The storm made landfall Wednesday evening, devastating an area still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which tore through Florida's western coast two weeks ...
Hurricane Milton made landfall at around 8:30 p.m. near Siesta Key, about eight miles south of Sarasota, Florida. According to the National Hurricane Center ...
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, in Sarasota County just after 8:30 p.m. ET with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour.
The highest number of outages from Milton were in Hardee County, as well as neighboring Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Milton slammed into Florida's already storm-blasted coast Wednesday evening as a Category 3 hurricane threatening huge swaths of Tampa Bay, Sarasota and ...
In St. Lucie County on the state's Atlantic coast, far from where the hurricane made landfall, one sheriff confirmed some loss of life without providing ...
Florida residents are being encouraged to shelter in place, as hazards such as storm surges, tornadoes and high winds and flash flood warnings were extended ...
Storm makes landfall near Siesta Key, south of Tampa Bay · At least 19 tornadoes confirmed, destroying homes in multiple counties · Multiple tornado deaths ...
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a dangerous Category 3 storm before weakening to a Category 2 as it came ashore, according to ...
Hurricane Milton is on track to make landfall in Florida overnight and poses a major threat to coastal cities like Tampa, Ft. Myers, Sarasota and St.
Live updates and developments about Hurricane Milton, which made landfall near Sarasota, Florida , after spawning tornadoes.
Eastern Time, Milton had maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and was "moving offshore," according to the National Hurricane Center. Milton's center was ...
As the storm moved offshore into the Atlantic, Gulf Coast residents were beginning to assess damage from heavy winds, rain and storm surges.
Heavy rains to continue as storm weakens, after fierce winds that leave more than 3 million people without power.
Milton pounded cities ...
Hurricane Milton ...
Duke Energy Florida is reporting approximately 850000 power outages, as of 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, after Hurricane Milton hit Florida as a Category 3 ...
Hurricane Milton "was significant, but thankfully this was not the worst case scenario," Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday.
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/AP) — St. Lucie County officials say tornadoes that spun out ahead of Hurricane Milton killed 4 people. These were the first deaths in ...
Tornadoes that touched down ahead of Milton's landfall caused severe damage at Spanish Lakes Country Club Village in St. Lucie County.