Hurricane Milton

After some fluctuation, Hurricane Milton has intensified back to a Category 5 storm as it approaches the Florida coast. Milton is currently located approximately 480 southwest of Tampa moving at 9 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center, Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida. 

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Hurricane Milton is currently moving east-northeast at 9 mph with sustained winds of 150 mph and is forecast to turn northeastward toward the west-central coast of Florida. Although there has been some fluctuation in strength, Milton is expected to maintain major hurricane status as it approaches Florida. Additionally, Milton’s wind field is projected to nearly double in size by the time it makes landfall, bringing damaging winds, life-threatening storm surges and heavy rainfall that will extend well beyond the forecast cone. Our team that recently responded to Hurricane Helene in Florida has evacuated to Georgia and is now prepared to respond to the impacts of Hurricane Milton when it is safe to do so.

Hurricane Milton will move near the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula tonight where damaging hurricane-force winds and a life-threatening storm surge with destructive waves are expected.

Milton continues its rapid intensification and is now a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph. Hurricane Milton is currently forecasted to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area as a major hurricane on Wednesday.

Now a Category 1 hurricane, Milton continues to rapidly strengthen as it moves eastward to northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico. There is an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surges and damaging winds impacting the west coast of the Florida Peninsula, expected to begin Tuesday night or early Wednesday. All Hands and Hearts is carefully monitoring the path of Hurricane Milton and will provide more updates as they become available.

Just hours after it became a tropical depression Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Milton formed in the western Gulf, making it the 13th named storm of the season. 

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, Tropical Depression 14 has formed in the western Gulf, moving towards Florida. It is forecasted to strengthen into Tropical Storm Milton within the next 24 hours and has the potential to reach major hurricane strength by early to the middle of next week. All Hands and Hearts will closely monitor this storm.