2024 has seen many devastating hurricanes in North America and Central America. Eight to thirteen hurricanes have happened this year.
Hurricane Helene happened on October 14 in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, primarily, but other southern states saw effects from it as well. It caused mass destruction and took the lives of 220 people so far. Florida faced one of its worst hurricanes in history on October 10 and 11th, Hurricane Milton.
Hurricane Milton made landfall on Thursday morning. It was listed as a category 5 hurricane and was headed straight for Tampa. When it made landfall it was changed to a category 3. 2.5 million people have been affected and left without power. The Tampa Bay Rays stadium roof was ripped into shreds.
So far, there have been 16 casualties, but that number is expected to rise. Hillsborough County has been affected the most with over 450k residents without power. Florida warned residents to evacuate, so many residents, including the University of Tampa students, evacuated up north to Georgia.
Some rode out the storm and stayed home. Internet sensation Lieutenant Dan stayed in his boat and tried to survive the storm. Fortunately, he survived it. Hurricane Milton saw wind gusts up to 90 mph. They also saw lots of flooding inside of Florida. Although Hurricane Milton did lots of damage, many residents feel relieved as Hurricane Milton did not do as much damage as expected.
As Hurricane season nears its end, hopefully Florida does not experience another hurricane this year. America’s thoughts and prayers are with the residents of Florida and all first responders including the nation guard, who reported to the site and saved thousands of lives on October 10th as Hurricane Milton made landfall. Celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Tom Brady have donated to Feeding America for Hurricane Milton. The link here bring you to Feeding America https://www.feedingamerica.org/.