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Hurricane Milton hits Florida, leaving more than 3 million without power

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Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida's west coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surges, and flooding to the region. The storm drew fuel from the warm Gulf of Mexico waters, twice reaching Category 5 status, and triggered tornadoes before its arrival. As of Thursday morning, the storm had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane, but was still registering powerful winds of up to 90 miles per hour. The hurricane caused significant destruction, with incredible pictures of the devastation being shared online. Millions of people along a stretch of more than 483 kilometers of coastline were under evacuation orders, and the storm delivered a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities.

    1. Heavy rainfall across the Florida peninsula through Thursday brings the risk of catastrophic and life-threatening flash and urban flooding along with moderate to major river flooding.
    2. Very heavy rains and damaging winds continue across much of central Florida. Flash flood emergencies remain in effect.
    1. At this point, it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place and just hunker down.
    1. Overall, the destructive power of hurricanes has increased.
    1. Often, small low-pressure areas move from the West coast of Africa with the monsoon current across the Atlantic into these warm waters.
    2. Hurricanes need a number of basic conditions to be able to form.
    1. Placing vulnerable sites so close on major waterways that are at risk of damage from storms is a recipe for disaster.
Hurricane Milton hits Florida, leaving more than 3 million without power