Hurricane Milton aftermath: Barrier islands consider devastation
Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's barrier islands, leaving widespread devastation and energy outages in Lee County.
As west-central Florida evaluates the aftermath of Hurricane Milton – and the Southeast U.S. continues its restoration from Helene – the National Hurricane Center retains look ahead to the subsequent potential storm which will be named Nadine.
Forecasters had been observing a creating system off the east coast of Florida, but it surely had dissipated earlier than changing into Tropical Storm Nadine.
Now below commentary: a system within the east tropical Atlantic Ocean. It is a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, which lie off the west coast of Africa and is shifting westward and will develop right into a tropical despair. Additional growth isn't anticipated till at the very least the center of subsequent week, the NHC said.
Still, the tropics close to the U.S. might be calm for many of subsequent week, AccuWeather forecasters say. But they forecast a medium danger of tropical growth Thursday, Oct. 17, to Saturday, Oct. 19, within the western Caribbean, the area the place Helene and Milton shaped.
A gyre, an space of spinning air currents, anticipated to kind over Central America subsequent week. “From this large, slowly spinning area of low pressure, a more distinct area of showers and thunderstorms may form, and from that, a tropical depression or tropical storm may evolve,” AccuWeather lead hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva mentioned in the forecast.
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Where is Tropical Storm Leslie?
Designated as a tropical storm on Oct. 2, Leslie strengthened into Hurricane Leslie then weakened once more Thursday right into a tropical storm. On Saturday, the National Hurricane Center mentioned Leslie – about 975 miles west-southwest of the Azores – had degenerated right into a trough and posed no risk to the U.S.
The storm is producing most sustained winds close to 50 mph, with increased gusts, and is predicted to progressively weaken through the subsequent couple of days, the NHC mentioned.
Tropical Storm Leslie path tracker
Tropical Storm Leslie spaghetti fashions
Illustrations embody an array of forecast instruments and fashions, and never all are created equal. The hurricane middle makes use of solely the highest 4 or 5 highest-performing fashions to assist make its forecasts.
When does the 2024 hurricane season finish?
There stays greater than seven weeks within the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which usually runs from June 1 via Nov. 30. So far this season, there have been 13 named storms. The subsequent storms to kind will be named Nadine and Oscar.
After a comparatively quiet 5 weeks or so, the 2024 season – particularly with the arrival of Helene and Milton – grew to become an above-average hurricane season, in response to Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach.
Having generated 127 on the Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index, a metric that features storm frequency, depth and length, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ranks as “officially meeting NOAA's definition of an above-normal season,” Klotzbach mentioned on X Wednesday.
Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, Max Hauptman, Laura Lordi, Samantha Neely, Doyle Rice and Jennifer Sangalang.
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