Scripps News | Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall in Florida as Cat 3 storm @scrippsnews | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
After Hurricane Milton grew from a Category 1 hurricane into a Category 5 Monday, the storm weakened slightly Tuesday after undergoing an eyewall replacement. The hurricane's top sustained winds were 155 mph Tuesday afternoon — making it a Category 4 storm. At its peak, Milton had winds up to 185 mph and the fifth-lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday or early Thursday as a Category 3 storm.

More here: scrippsnews.com/weather/hurricane-milton-expected-to-be-destructive-to-florida

photo credit: NOAA/AP
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