The most recent hurricane to hit Florida had around 120 mph winds and 13-15 feet of storm surge around Tampa but it wasn't really that bad of a storm, Milton was only a category 3 when it made landfall. The death count so far is only at 16 and over 3.1 million are without power.
Hurricane Milton cant compare to some other hurricanes we have had where the amount of fatalities was over 100 and the winds were upwards of 200. Milton was a category 1 by the time it got across Florida's peninsula. Milton had about 2 inches of rain, the storm didn't do most of the damage it was the storm surge.
Milton's death total is still rising and streets are still flooded and power is still out but Milton has made it 150 miles from Florida and has almost completely disappeared.
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I agree with this because even if 16 people died doesn't mean it wasn't big. Becuase people knew that the storm would be deadly so people obviously evacuated to be safe. For the 16 people that did die probaly dind't evacuated, but it still sad that 16 people did die durning the storm.
I think this hurricane was a big and destructive strom. It still caused six-teen deaths which would be alot for our town. And 3.1 million without power seems pretty big to me also, It is terrifying knowing that this storm took 150 MILES of buildings and homes and completely destroy them.
i think that milton is definitely one of the most detructive storms that have hit florida and what scares me is the amount of people who stayed because some people have been through this before and are experience but most people are ameratures who don't know what there doing.
I agree, but I think a lot of people stayed because they where told it was supposed to be a low category huricane.
No matter if it was a big storm or not, I think the most important thing is how destructive the storm was. In the end, I think it was a big storm and very destructive.
I think the storm did some damage but the storm surge did most of the damage to houses and land.
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