MERGED: Hurricane Milton reports and reactions!

Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane headed toward Florida with possible impacts to its western coast, the National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. Maximum sustained winds are expected to be at 40 mph with higher gusts and Milton is currently moving north-northeast, NHC said in an advisory.

Milton is forecast to undergo a period of rapid intensification before it makes landfall as a Category 2 hurricane across Florida's west coast, CBS News Miami reported.

The forecast comes a little more than a week after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and across the Southeast, killing more than 200 people and causing immense destruction. President Biden on Thursday took an aerial tour of Florida's Big Bend where Helene struck as a Category 4 storm. Hundreds of people are still missing and Mr. Biden said the work to rebuild will cost "billions of dollars" as communities suffer still without power, running water and passable roads.

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Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf; forecast to strengthen into hurricane headed toward Florida

Tropical Storm Milton is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane headed toward Florida with possible impacts to the state's western coast.

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[mattfivefour]

Bureaucracy is the Peter Principle in action on a broad scale.

 

[Andiamo]

We had no damage to speak of other than our wooden fence gate blew apart.

While on a walk we discovered a sinkhole at the other end of our street, in the right of way. The hole is only about 3 feet in diameter but we can see the erosion goes out much further and deeper than the actual hole. Reported it to the county who came out the next day and put a construction horse over it. Guess they will address it soon.

Our water retention areas in the neighborhood are full and are like mini lakes. Several big trees down in our neighborhood but I’ve seen much worse in the past.