Here's what has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-milton-florida-unusual-strong-warm-water-helene-0dd01c0e79d888dbda2a96b68fb62a29
With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton powered into a very rare threat flirting with experts' worst fears.
Warm water fueled amazingly rapid intensification that took Milton from a minimal hurricane to a massive Category 5 in less than 10 hours. It weakened, but quickly bounced back, and when its winds briefly reached 180 mph, its barometric pressure, a key measurement for a storm's overall strength, was among the lowest recorded in the Gulf of Mexico this late in the year.
Here's what has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual
Wed Oct 9, 11:19pm UTC
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-milton-florida-unusual-strong-warm-water-helene-0dd01c0e79d888dbda2a96b68fb62a29
> With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton powered into a very rare threat flirting with experts' worst fears.
> Warm water fueled amazingly rapid intensification that took Milton from a minimal hurricane to a massive Category 5 in less than 10 hours. It weakened, but quickly bounced back, and when its winds briefly reached 180 mph, its barometric pressure, a key measurement for a storm's overall strength, was among the lowest recorded in the Gulf of Mexico this late in the year.