Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Florida’s Siesta Key as Category 3 storm

  • Hurricane Milton struck Siesta Key, Florida, on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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Updated10 Oct 2024, 08:20 AM IST
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Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key Florida on Wednesday as Category 3 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Milton was located about 115 miles (185 km) southwest of Orlando Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph), the Miami-based forecaster said.

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As the hurricane approached, several tornadoes touched down across Florida, serving as a dangerous indication of Milton's intensity. By Wednesday evening, the National Weather Service offices in Miami, Tampa, and Melbourne had issued over 130 tornado warnings related to the storm.

Luke Culver, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami, said he wasn’t sure whether Milton had spawned a record number of tornados, but he pointed out that only 64 Florida tornado warnings were associated with Hurricane Ian, which hit the Tampa Bay area as a massive storm in 2022.

 

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Tornadoes produced by hurricanes and tropical storms most often occur in the right-front quadrant of the storm, but sometimes they can also take place near the storm’s eyewall, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Poweroutage.us, a site that monitors utility reports, indicated that over 1.5 million residences and businesses in Florida experienced power outages on Wednesday night. The most significant number of outages were reported in Hardee County, along with nearby Sarasota and Manatee counties, as reporeted by Associated Press

About 125 homes were destroyed before the hurricane even made landfall, many of them mobile homes in communities for senior citizens, Kevin Guthrie, the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said.

 

Also Read | Hurricane Milton: Worst in 100 years? Florida braces for massive impact

About 90 minutes after making landfall Wednesday night, Milton was centered about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Sarasota and had weakened slightly with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph), becoming a Category 2 storm, the hurricane center reported. It was moving east-northeast at 16 mph (26 kph).

Earlier, Vice President Kamala Harris took to X and wrote, “Americans evacuating before Hurricane Milton or recovering from Hurricane Helene should not face illegal price gouging or fraud when they buy a plane ticket, book a hotel, or fill up at the gas pump. Anyone who tries to exploit Americans in an emergency will be held accountable.”

(With inputs from Reuters)

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