The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is doing invaluable work to learn more about hurricanes in the critical days before they make landfall. Before Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida this week, NOAA conducted a special mission in addition to its usual storm information gathering. During a reconnaissance flight into the eye of the hurricane … Read more
CNN has joined in a long-standing tradition of storm coverage of having one of its journalists cover literally from the eye of a hurricane, and it looks like Anderson Cooper has put the finishing touches on it. But with how dangerous Hurricane Milton was predicted to be, viewers watching at home couldn't help but question … Read more
Incredible drone footage sent to X (formerly Twitter) by Tampa Rays reporter Ryan Bass shows the roof of Tropicana Field completely torn apart after Hurricane Milton touched down. Tropicana Field's roof is designed to withstand wind speeds up to 185 MPH, but Wednesday night clock winds were estimated to only clock in at 101 MPH. … Read more
As Florida prepares for the impact of Hurricane Milton this week, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aircraft Operations Center seized the opportunity to learn from the disastrous storm. But this actually involved flying directly into the hurricane. NOAA researchers captured their expedition aboard a Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft named “Miss Piggy” in … Read more
The Florida Department of Health issued an urgent warning about flesh-eating bacteria ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall. NBC reported. Health officials are advising people in affected areas to avoid direct contact with floodwaters if they can avoid it, due to a type of flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio. It is especially dangerous for those with … Read more
Police officers in Tampa, Florida, made a disturbing discovery Wednesday morning, just before Hurricane Milton made landfall, when they came across a helpless dog tied to a fence near a highway. And when the poor animal was rescued, it was already up to its stomach in water, indicating that the situation could easily have ended … Read more
Hurricane Milton is heading toward the Florida Gulf Coast after setting a record for one of the fastest strengthening periods in recorded history. John Morales, a longtime meteorologist in South Florida, has witnessed numerous devastating storms spanning decades of weather, but Milton's projected impacts surprised even him. While reporting the latest news on October 7th … Read more
Mandatory evacuations are continuing in Florida's Hillsborough County, the target of the approaching Hurricane Milton. And Tampa's mayor issued a dire warning to those defying the evacuation order. Milton, now classified as a Category 4 after temporarily reaching Category 5 strength on Monday, is expected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area late Wednesday. … Read more
Hurricane Milton strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category Five hurricane today; Just a day ago, Tropical Storm strength grew from strength to strength and underwent one of the fastest and most rapid intensification periods of all time in the North Atlantic. According to the National Hurricane Center, Milton experienced the third-fastest period of rapid intensification … Read more