United States President Joe Biden said this Wednesday (9) that Hurricane Milton is developing to be a historic storm. He also warned that Floridians must obey evacuation orders.
“It looks like the storm of the century,” said Biden, at the White House, this Wednesday.
“Many communities in the path of Hurricane Milton did not have time to catch their breath between Helene and Milton, two historic storms in two weeks,” he highlighted.
Biden urged anyone in the path of the storm to “follow all safety instructions as we approach the next 24 hours.”
He added that this is “literally a matter of life and death.”
Almost unprecedented rapid intensification
Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified to a nearly unprecedented level, reaching Category 5 status due to record heat in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
It is expected to grow in size, meaning that while it may shrink in category, its dangerous impacts will be spread over a much larger area.
Hurricane Milton was considered the strongest storm on the planet in 2024, with sustained winds of 281 km/h.
Recently, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a storm surge and made landfall in the swamp region as a Category 4 hurricane.
Authorities are asking residents — still recovering from Helene’s damage — to evacuate or prepare for another life-threatening storm.
This content was originally published in Biden says Hurricane Milton “looks like the storm of the century” and reinforces warning on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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