Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 hurricane will make landfall mid to late week in Florida.
What You Need To Know
Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton continues its rapid strengthening and is now an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The track is different from Helene in that the storm is expected to stay on a more southerly path, instead of making a turn to the north. This puts Central Florida in the path.
Time is quickly dwindling to get preparations completed for the storm's arrival, so anyone in the peninsula of Florida should monitor the forecasts very closely. All hazards are on the table, including storm surge flooding along the Gulf coast, heavy rainfall and damaging winds near and south of the center of the storm, and spin-up tornadoes that could form in Milton's outer rain bands.
Tropical Storm Leslie
Hurricane Leslie formed on Wednesday, Oct. 2 in the eastern tropical Atlantic. It strengthened into a hurricane late in the day on Oct. 4, making it the eighth hurricane of the 2024 season.
As of Tuesday, Oct. 8, Leslie has maximum winds of 70 mph. It is expected to continue to weaken before dissipating over the open Atlantic.
The storm does not pose any threat to land.
Other disturbances
A tropical wave will continue to move westward off the coast of Africa. Development is possible as it drifts west into the eastern Tropical Atlantic. The Cabo Verde Islands could see some impacts later this week. It has low odds of developing over the next week.
Another area of disturbed weather is located across southern Florida and the northwestern Bahamas. It is expected to move northeastward, where a low pressure could form near the Bahamas. Some tropical or subtropical development is possible but upper-level winds do not look favorable for development.
The next name on the list is Nadine.
Here's a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.
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