Hurricane Milton weakens, Florida floods

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Hurricane Milton Shows How a Storm’s Category Doesn’t Tell the Full Story

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Hurricane Milton was one of the quickest ever storms to reach Category 5 strength.

Milton 's winds weakened to 145 mph , but the storm surge forecast for Florida remained massive.

Tampa , a city of 3 million that hasn’t taken such a direct hit in a century , faces a storm surge of 10 to 15 feet .

The SaffirSimpson scale is based solely on wind speed.

More intense hurricanes are pushing higher storm surges due to sea-level rise.

These “hurricanes on steroids” are also dumping larger amounts of rain inland.

Milton ’s enormous storm surge has highlighted the growing danger from water.

Experts are again discussing whether a Category 6 needs to be added.

The predicted rainfall would have made Helene a Category 3 extreme rainfall event in the mountains of North Carolina rather than just a Category 4 hurricane on the coast of Florida .

Not everyone will evacuate even for a major storm, especially in a hurricane-weary state like Florida .

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