10/07/2024

As It Bears Down on Florida, Hurricane Milton Reaches Category 3 Strength

Its maximum sustained winds are nearing 125 mph

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast and wreaked a path of destruction across the southeastern U.S., the state is again on high alert for another rapidly intensifying storm.

Forecasters upgraded Milton from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Sunday, a day earlier than expected, and warn that it is poised to reach Category 4 strength before making landfall in Florida midweek.

It strengthened into a “major” Category 3 hurricane early Monday morning when its maximum sustained winds started nearing 125 mph.

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