(9 Oct 2024)
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Washington D.C. – 9 October 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, Associated Press:
“Hurricane Milton isn’t just a life-threatening monster for Florida. It’s an unusual, but not unheard of, freak of nature storm.”
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2. Various of palm trees blowing around in heavy winds
3. Wide of boats sinking in water
4. Wide of waves
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, Associated Press:
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“It was born in the Bay of Campeche in far southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Most Gulf of Mexico storms go north or north and west. Milton is going northeast, which is unusual, but it’s not unheard of. Other storms have done this in the past. But it is an unusual path.”
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ARCHIVE: Space – 08 October 2024
6. Wide of Milton from the International Space Station
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ARCHIVE: Space – 9 October 2024
7. Various of Hurricane Milton and cloud cover in Gulf of Mexico
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, Associated Press:
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“But what about the strength? That’s what’s really strange here, because Hurricane Milton hit the top of the scale for hurricanes category five, not once, but twice. It even hit 180mph once. Why? It’s fueled by this extreme warm water in the Gulf of Mexico.”
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ARCHIVE: Clearwater Beach, Florida – 8 October 2024
9. Wide of people boarding up windows
10. Various of people preparing sandbags
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, Associated Press:
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“So why is the water so warm? One of the main reasons here is climate change. Human caused climate change has warmed up the waters everywhere. But the waters of the Gulf, the Caribbean and the Atlantic have been at near-record levels for a year and a half.”
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, Associated Press:
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“Milton is dangerous for another reason because of where it’s going and where might go. If it hits Tampa Bay, that’s sometimes one of the worst-case scenarios that scientists have worried about. That’s because Tampa Bay has not had a major hurricane directly hitting it in more than 100 years.”
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ARCHIVE: Tampa, Florida – 9 October 2024
13. Various of a riverwalk in Tampa ahead of Hurricane Milton landfall
STORYLINE:
With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton powered into a very rare threat flirting with experts’ worst fears.
Warm water fueled amazingly rapid intensification that took Milton from a minimal hurricane to a massive Category 5 in less than 10 hours. It weakened, but quickly bounced back, and when its winds briefly reached 180 mph, its barometric pressure, a key measurement for a storm’s overall strength, was among the lowest recorded in the Gulf of Mexico this late in the year.
At its most fierce, Milton almost maxed out its potential intensity given the weather factors surrounding it.
That’s not all. Milton’s eastward path through the Gulf is so infrequent the most recent comparable storm was in 1948. Tampa — the most populous metro area in its general path — hasn’t had a direct hit from a major storm in more than 100 years, making this week the worst-case scenario for many experts.
That water became an all-you-can eat buffet for Milton.
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