The National Hurricane Center said Milton’s minimum central pressure dropped to 897 mb, just 2 mb shy of tying the record pressure for a Gulf of Mexico hurricane that was set by Rita in 2005.
The lowest pressure ever for an Atlantic hurricane was Wilma in 2005 at 882 mb. Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against the Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted to pick up debris left over from Helene two weeks ago. Highways were clogged, and people were fleeing ahead of the storm.
At the 7 p.m. advisory on Monday, Milton had maximum sustained winds of 180 mph over the southern Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane center said.
The center of Hurricane Milton could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region, which has not endured a direct hit by a major hurricane in more than a century. […]
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