Hurricane Milton leaves at least 12 dead in Florida

Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

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At least 12 people have been confirmed dead Thursday in the U.S. state of Florida, where Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving millions without power and causing severe damage. According to PowerOutage.us, 2.63 million homes were still without power in Florida Thursday night. Read full article

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So, a category 4 and then a 3 (lucky down from a category 5 at the last minute) in the space of two weeks. Not to mention Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record, and only the second ever recorded in July.

And still 6 weeks to go in the season.

Climate change deniers anyone?
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