{"id":111256,"date":"2024-10-07T02:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T19:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111256"},"modified":"2024-10-07T02:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T19:09:59","slug":"hurricane-milton-puts-florida-on-alert-for-life-threatening-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111256","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Milton puts Florida on alert for life-threatening impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Milton has sustained winds of 80 mph becoming reaching hurricane strength on Sunday, about 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center is forecasting Milton to continue to strengthen before a landfall along Florida&#8217;s West Coast by midweek. Hurricane and storm surge watches will likely be issued for Florida later on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>TAMPA <\/strong>\u2013 Millions of people across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> Peninsula are on alert as Hurricane Milton is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-hurricane-rapid-intensification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rapidly intensifying<\/a> in the Gulf of Mexico while it continues on a path toward the Sunshine State, where it\u2019s expected to bring a potentially life-threatening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-storm-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm surge<\/a>, damaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winds<\/a> and torrential rain to the state this week.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials held a news conference on Sunday morning and said evacuations are likely, and time is running out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/prepare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepare<\/a> for the eventual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricane<\/a>&#8216;s potentially deadly impacts.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-milton-live-forecast-radar-spaghetti-models-satellite-alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRACKING MILTON: SPAGHETTI MODELS, FORECAST CONE, LIVE RADAR AND MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">State officials in Florida are urging residents to prepare for likely Hurricane Milton which is expected to make landfall along the state&#8217;s west coast later this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;I urge Floridians to finalize your storm preparations now; enact your plan,&#8221; Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said. &#8220;I highly encourage you to evacuate. We are preparing, and I have the State Emergency Response Team preparing, for the largest evacuation that we have seen most likely since 2017 Hurricane Irma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">If Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida, it will be the third to do so this season following the landfalls of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/debby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Debby<\/u><\/a> in August and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Helene<\/u><\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The situation has been rapidly unfolding, with forecasters at the National Hurricane Center first designating the storm as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-tropical-depression-14-gulf-mexico-florida-milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tropical Depression Fourteen<\/a> early Saturday morning, then hours later issuing a special alert announcing the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-milton-florida-gulf-of-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tropical Storm Milton<\/a>. About 24 hours later, Milton intensified into a hurricane early Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">What&#8217;s the latest with Hurricane Milton?<\/h2>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL14_Stats.gif\"\/><figcaption>Current info on Hurricane Milton.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/figcaption><hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Hurricane Milton is located more than 800 miles west-southwest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a>, Florida, and has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, making it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/tropical-cyclone-one-explainer-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Category 1 hurricane<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/saffir-simpson-hurricane-wind-scale-hurricane-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Milton is moving off to the east at 6 mph.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">What watches and warnings are in effect because of Hurricane Milton?<\/h2>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL14%20Tropical%20Alerts.png\"\/><figcaption>Current watches and warnings in effect for Hurricane Milton.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/figcaption><hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">No watches or warnings are in effect for the mainland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a>,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-to-do-when-hurricane-or-tropical-storm-watches-and-warnings-are-issued-for-your-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tropical Storm Warnings<\/a> and Tropical Storm Watches are in effect for portions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a>&#8216;s Yucatan Peninsula.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">Where is Hurricane Milton going?<\/h2>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL14_Cone.png?v1\"\/><figcaption>The forecast cone for Hurricane Milton.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/figcaption><hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The NHC says Hurricane Milton is moving off to the east, and that general motion is expected to continue throughout the day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">After that, an east to east-northeastward motion is forecast on Monday, followed by a faster northeastward motion on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On that track, Hurricane Milton is expected to move north of the Yucatan Peninsula, and move across the Gulf of Mexico and approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula by midweek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-milton-florida-southeast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milton has sustained winds of 80 mph becoming reaching hurricane strength on Sunday, about 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico. 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