Satellite images are providing a view of Hurricane Milton from space as it approaches Florida.
NOAA’s GOES East satellite provides new images of Milton’s clouds every 30 seconds, according to the agency. See below:
This imagery from @NOAA‘s #GOESEast
is providing visible cloud imagery every 30 seconds of #HurricaneMilton as it pushes closer to Florida. Notice the frequency #lightning being picked up by the satellite’s #GLM instrument as well.
Get the latest on #Milton:… https://t.co/33Yng1EYNC pic.twitter.com/5Xjb2K2Y49
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) October 9, 2024
The GOES satellites — short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites — are NOAA’s most sophisticated, according to its website.
Frequent flashes of lighting are also visible in the video.
The satellite is orbiting more than 35,000 kilometers “above Earth’s equator at speeds equal to Earth’s rotation,” NOAA said, allowing it to linger over specific locations.
Rain and strong winds, as well as an outbreak of tornadoes, were recorded in Florida. Conditions are expected to worsen over the next few hours.
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 3 and has had an updated route, allowing it to arrive in Florida at 8pm this Wednesday (9), local time.
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 Video shows Hurricane Milton seen from space as it approaches Florida on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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