METEOROLOGIA
Florida prepara-se para a chegada do furacão Milton
October 7, 2024 - Floridaprepara-se para evacuações em massa com o furacão Milton a assolar o estado do sul dos EUA -- ainda a recuperar do furacão Helene que ali matou 14 pesoas há poucos dias.
Florida is readying for mass evacuations as Hurricane Milton, currently at Category 1 strength, bears down on the southern U.S. state.
In 2017, around 7 million people were urged to evacuate Florida as Hurricane Irma barrelled in, causing chaos and jamming freeways.
The latest storm comes just 10 days after Hurricane Helene – the deadliest U.S. mainland storm since Katrina in 2005 – left a path of destruction in the south-east, killing at least 225 people (14 of which were in Florida), with still hundreds more missing.
Forecasts suggests Milton could make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday, and remain at hurricane strength as it moves across central Florida and on into the Atlantic Ocean.