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Hurricane Milton intensified into a Category 3 storm on Monday, just two days after forming in the Gulf of Mexico.
The National Hurricane Center forecasts it will land midweek on Florida’s western Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, with winds reaching 120 mph. The storm is expected to hit near the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday and maintain hurricane strength as it crosses central Florida into the Atlantic. While smaller than Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread destruction, Milton threatens densely populated areas, with storm surges posing significant risks.
Some are arguing the intensity of hurricanes like Milton and Helene are due to climate change. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently revealed FEMA is low on funds to help support Americans through another hurricane, but claims that people have been warned for awhile on the increasing extremities of intense weather events, linking it to human-induced climate change.
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