Hurricane Helene / Milton

[bingham67]

Nearly a Category 3 hurricane coming in to hit Florida and around by later today.

Hurricane Helene live updates: Storm surge could be ‘unsurvivable’ along Florida coast

Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major Category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of catastrophic damage.

www.nbcnews.com

Not seen much talk today but heard it could intensify into a Category 4 hurricane before landfall.

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Edit: Confirmed as Cat 3 now

 

[bingham67]

Ye hit as a Category four on Florida big bend, still dark but have to wait and see how much damage it's caused.

It moving pretty fast, also first Hurricane to hit the big bend on record.

 

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Many hurricanes have hit the big bend area.

Ah I meant to say the first category four hurricane to hit.

 

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Some aerial view of the damage here in Tampa bay, as you expect some extensive damage in places.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1839499347475546311

Next level reporting from your flooded house in a kayak, wonder if there some alligators lurking around must be scary.

 

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Another hurricane on the way to Florida called Milton expected to be a category 4 hurricane on arrival.

Hurricane Milton updates: Tampa braces as horror lightning hits Cancun

Hurricane Milton 7am update: Live coverage of incoming Florida hurricane

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[bingham67]

Its gone through eye wall replacement right now and due to go up to a Category 5 later today in America.

But current track it will downgrade on arrival to Florida as a category 3 or high end category 3 which will still be deadly for the Tampa area etc.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1843704758282137649

What its like to fly into hurricane Milton and collect the data a rather bumpy ride haha.

 

[bingham67]

Its back up to a Category 5 now

 

[bingham67]

Still forecasted to be cat 3 by landfall?

Ye believe the current track / models go with high end Cat 3 on landfall with winds of 125mph thats only abit off a Category 4.

Its the storm surge that going to cause a lot of damage.

There a new update in an hour time see what happens.

 

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Just to show people what the storm surge can do here is 3D visual pretty scary!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1843723158295052432

 

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So many trying to get out for hours roads gridlocked.

 

[bingham67]

My good friend lives in Sarasota (just south of Tampa), so is at danger from both storm surge and high winds. He and his family are heading up state to get out of harm's way.

Good choice as if this storm tracks further south Sarasota is in the firing line for some serious storm surge.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1843857291881394202

Imagine going out on your boat and being in that crazy them waves look rather scary for a boat like that.

 

[bingham67]

it's still not looking too bad on nullschool, compared to some that hit the Turks a ways back, they must be expecting a real hike in power once it makes landfall.

Its the storm surge that will cause the damage, its due to downgrade to a high end category 3 with winds at 125mph that will still cause damage ripping buildings and bringing down trees etc.

 

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Ye Max is very good recommend you also got Ryan Hall he has a big team and you see a bigger impact.

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Looking like possible category 4 on landfall with 130mph winds and its now tracked further north so Tampa will be in the cone as it stands.

 

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Also currently spitting up tornados across Florida two tornados on the ground currently

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1844017830075019335

This tornado just crossed I-75 you can watch it live in the video above being tracked by traffic cam very rare to see them on traffic cams.

Looks like it headed to another road crossing soon.