Top US federal weather and emergency services officials have warned that conditions in Florida will soon begin to deteriorate rapidly, urging residents to take Hurricane Milton seriously.
“Conditions will deteriorate rapidly over the next few hours, especially where it arrives first along the West Coast,” said the director of the US National Hurricane Center, Michael Brennan, this Wednesday (9).
Brennan highlighted that it’s still difficult to predict exactly where Milton will make landfall.
“Even as close as we are to the arrival [do furacão]it is not really possible to say exactly where the worst wave will occur [de tempestade],” Brennan warned.
“It’s one oscillation away from moving 16 or 32 kilometers, so that’s why we transmit this risk to such a large area,” he explained.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell highlighted that, in addition to 1,000 federal agents stationed in Florida, the Biden administration is adding an additional 1,200 search and rescue agents from various federal agencies, 500 ambulances and 30 high-water vehicles. , helicopters and boats to assist in rescues after the hurricane.
Almost unprecedented rapid intensification
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified to a nearly unprecedented level, reaching Category 5 status due to record heat in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Currently, it is in category 4 and has had an updated route, allowing it to arrive in Florida at 11pm this Wednesday (9), local time.
It is expected to grow in size, meaning that while it may shrink in category, its dangerous impacts will be spread over a much larger area.
Hurricane Milton was considered the strongest storm on the planet in 2024, with sustained winds of 281 km/h.
Recently, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a storm surge and made landfall in the swamp region as a Category 4 hurricane.
Authorities are asking residents — still recovering from Helene’s damage — to evacuate or prepare for another life-threatening storm.
This content was originally published in Hurricane Milton: Authorities warn that conditions will “deteriorate rapidly” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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