Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward Florida’s west coast and is expected to make landfall as early as Wednesday night. In barely a day, Milton went from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane, the strongest possible rating, with its winds hitting 180mph. Milton has the potential to become “one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida”, the National Hurricane Center said. Stat of the day: The amount of rainfall from Hurricane Helene was 10% higher because of the climate crisisLast month’s Hurricane Helene was fuelled by a record-hot Gulf of Mexico, and a new analysis has shown how that heat was 200 to 500 times more likely because of human-caused global heating. Under the Taliban, women must be completely covered at all times outside the house and their voices must not be heard in public.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2024 12:39 UTC