At his mercy Hurricane Milton continue to be found USAwith the number of injured being very high, at the same time that in St. Lucie County there are also two dead.

Speaking to and in “Today“, the professor of Geology and Natural Disasters, Efthymios Lekkas he pointed out that “the important thing is that the exposure of the population was reduced, as the removal of more than 5 million people reduced the chances of high risk, that is, disasters and mainly human losses.”

“Certainly the phenomenon fluctuated many times and it is natural that this fluctuation exists in such a large area. Sometimes it is enhanced when there are high temperatures or low temperatures in the upper atmosphere and sometimes it is dampened”, Mr. Lekkas then said, adding:

“Here we were dealing with a gradual decline as it went along, but that doesn’t mean much, because flash floods and tidal waves can already affect the mostly low-lying areas of Florida.”

“In Greece we see that within 3 years we have 2 millennium weather phenomena”

At the same time, he characterized the evacuation of the State as a “very difficult and very costly process” which, however, reduced human losses. “The dramatic tones for evacuation have to do with the psychology that exists in the world. The media and how information is conveyed to the public play an important role.”

He concluded by saying that the phenomenon is also part of the climate crisis, underlining that “climate change means more frequency of such phenomena at a global level, with a greater extent and to a greater degree”, while he sounded the alarm for Greece as well, noting that ” phenomena like Daniel will cease to be millennium phenomena, so we too can reach mega discharge levels.”