Less than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3 | CNN
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Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm.
    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      At the time you posted this they were actually upgrading it to a category 5. It’s the fastest developing storm in recorded history.

    • zzx@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Yup:

      Data from NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 155 mph (250 km/h) with higher gusts. Milton is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Milton is forecast to become a category 5 hurricane later today and become a large hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico

      Source: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/071453.shtml