Milton began hitting Florida at about 8:30 p.m. (local time) 03:30 a.m. Greek time, weakening to a Category 3 on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale
Hurricane Milton is bearing down on Florida’s west coast today with strong storms destroying homes and causing power outages as it moves east.
Milton began battering Florida at about 8:30 p.m. (local time) 03:30 a.m. Greek time, weakening to Category 3 on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds of 195 kph, near Siesta Key Island, it said the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
At 23:00 (local time) 06:00 Greece time the wind speed had decreased to 165 km/h downgrading Milton to Category 2, while it is still considered extremely dangerous.
The eye of the hurricane was located 120 km southwest of Orlando, in central Florida.
See live image:
See the path expected to erase the phenomenon, which will “cut in half” the Florida peninsula, until it “extinguishes” in the sea of ​​the Atlantic ocean.
Source :Skai
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