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This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane. This happened in just over 24 hours—it’s one of the fastest rates of strengthening ever observed on Earth. Meteorologists have even begun to speculate that Milton could approach the theoretical maximum intensity for a hurricane in the Atlantic basin of 195 mph, challenging the record set by Hurricane Allen in 1980. In response to Milton, Florida Gov.

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    10/7/2024 - 10:33 am | View Link
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    10/7/2024 - 10:23 am | View Link
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    Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
    10/7/2024 - 8:49 am | View Link
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