In just a few hours, Hurricane Milton has evolved to category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale northwest of Yucatán, with winds exceeding 250 km/h, according to the most recent information released by the National Hurricane Center of USA. The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has announced that this phenomenon is located 240 km west of Progreso (Yucatán) and 1,185 km southwest of Tampa (Florida, USA) and is moving east-southeast at 13 km/h. h.
Like other recent clone phenomena, Milton has rapidly gained strength. The National Hurricane Center has alerted the population of Florida on the rapid evolution of Milton, moving north of the Yucatan Peninsula during Monday and Tuesday, and is expected to make landfall in the early hours of Wednesday on the west coast of the Florida peninsula. “Milton is expected to become an extremely dangerous character as a Category 4 hurricane and maintain that intensity over the next few days,” the US agency reported.
The development of this phenomenon remains potentially destructive. The National Water Commission (Conagua) indicates that the Milton cloud bands will impact this Monday afternoon in the north of the states of Campeche, Yucatán and the north of Quintana Roo, generating torrential rains with the potential for flooding and flooding of rivers. and streams in the area.
The alert level for the moment remains at a moderate level in Mexico. The Civil Protection Directorate of Yucatán has raised the orange alert in the municipalities of the center, north, northeast, northwest and west of the entity, as well as the towns in the north of Quintana Roo.
The authorities alert the population about the latent danger that intense rains can leave, and ask to locate the closest temporary shelters. Until this Monday morning, the Ministry of Education in Campeche suspended classes at all educational levels until further notice due to the heavy rains caused by the storm.
Milton is the second hurricane recorded in the Gulf of Mexico in the last two weeks, after the impact of Helene, which caused more than 220 deaths, the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Katrina, which left more than 1,800 deaths in 2005. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared 51 of the state’s 67 counties in an emergency situation, and warned that Milton could have “significant, very significant impacts.”
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