Milton strengthens to Category 5 hurricane

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Milton strengthens to Category 5 hurricane
abcnews.go.com

Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Milton now ranks as the third-greatest 24-hour wind speed intensification for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. (Records are based on data since the satellite era began in the 1960s.)

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Tropical Tidbits update has some solid info not only on the current data and what to expect, but WHY these things can happen.

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It bugs out for some if I don't include it. That's the fediverse for you.

And it bugs out for me if you do. Crazy! Well, that's what "view source" is for! Thankfully, the text is slightly offset so I can tell I'm not viewing it as intended.

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