Satellite Shows Hurricane Milton Nearing Florida Coast (original) (raw)

Timelapse satellite imagery shows Hurricane Milton as it barreled through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida over October 8 and 9.

The Colorado-based Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) posted two animations. The first depicts the storm over a roughly 24-hour period up to 10:36 am on Wednesday, October 9, while the second animation, which contains infrared imagery, spans the roughly two-hour period from 8:20 am to 10:30 am on Wednesday, CIRA said.

Milton was expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, bringing devastating wind and rain and a “destructive storm surge” of 10 feet or more along Florida’s west-central coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful

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The Category 5 hurricane has been captured in the Gulf of Mexico, heading towards Florida’s west coast in a video released by CIRA . The National Hurricane Center has warned that Milton may regain strength and grow in size, posing “even more danger” as it is expected to make landfall in Florida by Wednesday evening (9 October). Tampa mayor Jane Castor warned residents that if they choose to stay in an evacuation area, “ you’re gonna die”.

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NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick posted a spectacular timelapse video taken aboard the International Space Station that shows Hurricane Milton swirling through the Gulf of Mexico before its expected landfall in Florida on Wednesday, October 9.Dominick said he shot the video Wednesday morning, and remarked that the storm looked “bigger but less symmetric” than it did on Tuesday, when he posted a different timelapse video of it.Milton was expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, bringing devastating wind and rain and a “destructive storm surge” of 10 feet or more along Florida’s west-central coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Credit: Matthew Dominick via Storyful

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Hurricane Milton is barrelling towards the west coast of Florida while driven by swirling winds of around 180 mph. Astronaut Matthew Dominick took timelapse footage of the Category 5 hurricane while aboard a capsule docked with the International Space Station. The NOAA's Hurricane hunters also flew their plane, nicknamed "Miss Piggy" through Hurricane Milton over the Gulf of Mexico. They endured a bumpy ride while flying through the storm but gained vital data that will help scientists unravel its secrets. The hurricane is on a path toward Florida's central west coast, including the Tampa Bay area where mass evacuations have seen Florida's highways filled with those fleeing its potentially historic impact. Hurricane Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying hurricanes ever recorded when it intensified from a tropical storm on Monday. It is one of three hurricanes that formed in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico in the second week of October - the first time that has been recorded in the 10th month.

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