Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Milton now ranks as the third-greatest 24-hour wind speed intensification for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. (Records are based on data since the satellite era began in the 1960s.)

    • @BallsandBayonets
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      34 hours ago

      If your address has “FL” in it, you should evacuate.

    • @WldFyre@lemm.ee
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      48 hours ago

      I’m not sure NOA is responsible for evacuation orders, IIRC they advise state and local governments on who should evacuate and it’s up to the local government to coordinate and reach out to their populations.

    • @tweeks@feddit.nl
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      28 hours ago

      I need only three things:

      1. Where is the hurricane
      2. What path did it already take
      3. How strong / fast is it

      Bonus: Prediction path it will take.

      I was thinking this would be very easy to visualize. From such important data sources you’d expect more.