Hurricane Milton returns to maximum category, winds of up to 270 km/h are feared in Florida

Hurricane Milton, which threatens Florida in the United States, has returned to category 5, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds of up to 270 km/h, the Center announced on Tuesday, October 8. National Hurricane Center (NHC). Milton should become a “major and dangerous hurricane” when it reaches the west coast of Florida during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, he said in his latest bulletin.

On Tuesday, the hurricane was initially downgraded to Category 4, although authorities had described it as“extremely dangerous”. According to Joe Biden, the President of the United States, this hurricane could be the worst storm to hit Florida in a century. “You must evacuate now, it’s a matter of life and death.”also launched the American president to the concerned inhabitants of the South-Eastern state.

“It’s literally catastrophic”declared Monday on CNN Jane Castor, the mayor of the large city of Tampa. “I can say this without any drama: if you choose to stay in one of the evacuation zones, you will die.” Already affected by Hélène’s destructive passage ten days ago, “the entire Florida peninsula is under some form of either watch or alert”warned the governor of the state, Ron DeSantis, on Tuesday.