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Winds tore the roof of Tropicana Field and caused a crane to collapse. Hurricane Milton ripped through southwest Florida on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit Florida's Big ...
A view shows a collapsed construction crane that fell on the building that also hosts the offices of the Tampa Bay Times, after Hurricane Milton made landfall, in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., on ...
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune published additional photos of homes and docks in Cortez that completely collapsed. Milton also ripped off a portion the roof of a condominium in the area, with ...
Milton weakened to a Category 4 hurricane after an eyewall replacement cycle, and reintensified into a Category 5 hurricane the following day. [5] [6] Increasing wind shear caused the hurricane to weaken as it turned northeast towards Florida, falling to Category 3 status before making landfall near Siesta Key late on October 9.
Concentric eyewalls seen in Typhoon Haima as it travels west across the Pacific Ocean.. In meteorology, eyewall replacement cycles, also called concentric eyewall cycles, naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones with maximum sustained winds greater than 33 m/s (64 kn; 119 km/h; 74 mph), or hurricane-force, and particularly in major hurricanes of Saffir–Simpson category 3 to 5.
A crane collapsed on a building in St. Petersburg, Florida, as Hurricane Milton tore through the state. / Credit: Bloomberg/Getty Images Videos shared by the city on social media show the crane ...
Milton broke the National Weather Service's record for rapid intensification, strengthening to a Category 5 and increasing its wind speeds by 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) in 24 hours. [15] The season became the second costliest in history, with $190 billion in damages, [ 16 ] and broke records for amount of storm activity in the later period of ...
The crane collapse in downtown St. Petersburg is one of the most visible symbols of Milton's damage, so much so that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference at the scene on Friday. The Times Publishing Co. used to own the damaged building but sold it in 2016, and the news organization is now one of several tenants there.