Hurricane Milton

(Newser) - FEMA did not need another disaster to deal with, but it looks like it will have one with Hurricane Milton now en route to Tampa . Assisting in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in various states, Tropical Storm Debby in New York and Georgia, flooding and landslides in Vermont, tornadoes in...

(Newser) - Hurricane Milton's winds reached sustained speeds of 180mph Monday—a threshold just eight other Atlantic hurricanes on record have hit or crossed. The rapidly intensifying Category 5 hurricane is the strongest storm in the Gulf of Mexico since 2005, the New York Times reports. While its wind speeds could...

(Newser) - The Atlantic storm named Milton turned into a Category 1 hurricane early Sunday afternoon. Less than 24 hours later, it already had grown to a Category 5, reports USA Today . The rate of intensification is "remarkable," says the National Hurricane Center, per the Washington Post . The Gulf of...

(Newser) - Hurricane Milton is headed straight for Florida this week on the heels of Hurricane Helene, and it may force the largest number of evacuations in seven years, reports the Washington Post . In fact, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri warned Sunday that authorities would be "more assertive" about getting people...