🌪️ Hurricane Milton has become the most dangerous storm of the year, and it’s heading straight for Florida, giving residents very little time to prepare. But what exactly makes this hurricane so dangerous, and what is a hurricane in the first place? 🌊 Hurricanes are born from two key ingredients: heat and wind. When warm ocean water evaporates, it rises into the atmosphere, forming clouds ☁️ and releasing heat, which strengthens powerful updrafts. 🌬️ As these updrafts begin to spin, they form a tropical cyclone - a process that can evolve into a full-blown hurricane. That’s exactly what happened with Hurricane Milton, which developed from a tropical cyclone to a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane 🌪️ in just 24 hours - the most extreme category possible. What makes hurricanes like Milton so deadly? 🌊 The biggest threat is storm surges - when powerful winds push massive amounts of water onto the coast, causing severe flooding 🌧️ and widespread destruction. But that’s not all. Hurricane Milton is also producing unusually strong tornadoes 🌪️ along its edges, intensifying the danger across Florida. With winds and rain stretching across the entire state, the destruction could be massive. ⚠️ Typically, evacuation warnings are issued 72 hours before a hurricane makes landfall, but Hurricane Milton’s rapid intensification has left residents with far less time to escape.


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