Tropical Storm hurricane milton expected to wallop Florida days after Helene

Florida is predicted to be walloped by another hurricane next week, just 10 days after it was hit by Hurricane Helene, which caused extensive hurricane surge and wind damage before it moved inland to cause devastating flooding. The contemporary system, Tropical Storm Milton, formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Forecasters expect the storm to strengthen into a hurricane and rush toward Florida in the following few days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Florida said Milton, which can become a typhoon on Monday, is predicted to bring surge and excessive winds to the improving west coast and serious flood risks to south and vital Florida. Jamie Rhome, the deputy director of the NHC in Miami, stated Milton could become a “probably very impactful hurricane” and hit Florida’s Gulf coast on Tuesday or Wednesday.   Milton is predicted to % most sustained winds of 110mph while it makes landfall near St Petersburg and Tampa as a category 2 to class three hurricane, Rhome stated. Category three and above are considered “fundamental” hurricanes. On Saturday afternoon, Milton became approximately 220 miles (354km) north/northeast of Veracruz, Mexico. With maximum sustained winds of 40mph, it is predicted to pass east/northeast throughout the Gulf of Mexico quickly. “Regardless of where the typhoon tracks, it’s going to supply a massive region of heavy rain and capability flooding,” Rhome said. “Even if this doesn’t recognize an excessive-end wind middle, it’s going to have the capability for big surge inundation,” Andrew Moore, a meteorologist for Arch Reinsurance, wrote on X. A principal issue in predicting Milton’s increasing power is that surface sea temperatures, or SSTs, did not cool off after Helene passed over and stayed extensively above ordinary. “Most of the Gulf is above-common SST nonetheless, and the loop cutting-edge is prominent. The shelf south of Tampa is extraordinarily warm, as well. Lots of capacity fuel,” wrote Andy Hazelton, a partner scientist at the hurricane studies department at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.