The storm numbers reported before Hurricane Milton’s landfall in Florida are concerning, National Weather Service Director Ken Graham told CNN.
“My biggest concern is that we are already starting to see some water levels rising,” Graham told Jake Tapper of CNN, this Wednesday (9).
“I’m scared to death of some of these levels of storms. The values are absolutely dangerous and deadly”, he commented.
Graham noted that the massive storm, which is forecast to cross from Florida’s Gulf Coast to the East Coast, will be dangerous for many people across the state.
The center of the storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday night.
Graham urged people along the Atlantic coast in Florida, and even in Georgia, to be prepared.
The director warned that there could be serious flooding and that the storm also produced a large number of tornadoes.
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.
Currently, it is in category 3 and has had an updated route, allowing it to arrive in Florida at 8pm this Wednesday (9), local time.
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 “I’m scared to death”, says director of the US National Weather Service on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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