FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) – Florida is gearing up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years as Hurricane Milton strengthens over warm waters and heads toward major population centers, including Tampa and Orlando.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – Florida is gearing up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years as Hurricane Milton strengthens over warm waters and heads toward major population centers, including Tampa and Orlando.
The storm was centered about 220 miles west-northwest of Progreso, Mexico, and 770 miles west-southwest of Tampa with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph while moving east at six mph , the hurricane center said. area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean.
With Milton achieving hurricane status, this is the first time the Atlantic has had three simultaneous hurricanes after September, according to Colorado State University hurricane scientist Phil Klotzbach. There have been four simultaneous hurricanes in August and September. All classes and school activities in Saint Petersburg’s Pinellas County preemptively closed Monday through Wednesday as Milton approached. Officials in Tampa opened all city garages free of charge to residents hoping to protect their cars from floodwaters, including electric vehicles. The vehicles must be left on the third floor or higher in each garage.
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