Florida faces new storm menace as area reels from Helene

Florida is bracing for one more probably harmful and dear hurricane lower than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated a large swath of the U.S. Southeast.

Tropical Storm Milton, with winds of 40 miles per hour, is forecast to construct into a minimum of a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 185 kph (115 mph) when it makes landfall in western Florida on Oct. 9, the U.S. National Hurricane Center stated. Many areas throughout the state, together with Tampa and Orlando, could get as a lot as 8 inches of rain. Some locations may see as a lot as 12 inches, resulting in a threat of flash flooding and rivers overflowing their banks.

“There is an growing threat of life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts for parts of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula starting late Tuesday or Wednesday,” stated Dan Brown, a department chief on the U.S. heart. “Areas of heavy rainfall will affect parts of Florida Sunday and Monday properly forward of Milton.”