Tag: Storm
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Milton makes landfall as Category 3 hurricane
Milton makes landfall as Category 3 hurricane – CBS News Watch CBS News Hurricane Milton made landfall just after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm. Jonathan Vigliotti, Vladimir Duthiers and Nicole Valdes report from the impact zone. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…
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Hurricane Milton was fastest on record to intensify into Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico: “Historic storm”
CBS News Miami Live Hurricane Milton, a powerful storm that fluctuated between a Category 4 and 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, made landfall near Sarasota as a Category 3 Wednesday night. The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay described Milton as a “historic storm for the west coast of Florida.” It is the third…
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Hurricane Francine lashes Louisiana, leaves thousands without power
Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of customers and threatened widespread flooding as it sent a potentially deadly storm surge rushing inland along the Gulf Coast. Francine crashed ashore in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles southwest of Morgan…