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Breaking News .....अमेरिकाको फ्लोरिडा राज्यमा विनाशकारी आँधी मिल्टन आउन लागेको भन्दै दशौँ लाखभन्दा बढी मानिसहरूलाई चेतावनी, घर छाड्न आदेश, 'क्याटगरी' पाँचको आँधी आउने, जनजीबन आतंकित !

ह्वाइट हाउसमा मङ्गलवार बोल्दै बाइडनले यो आँधी फ्लोरिडाका लागि सय वर्षकै खराब हुनसक्ने बताए !

बाइडनले जर्मनी र एङ्गोलाको भ्रमण रद्द गरे

अमेरिकाको फ्लोरिडा राज्यमा विनाशकारी आँधी मिल्टन आउन लागेको भन्दै दशौँ लाखभन्दा बढी मानिसहरूलाई उद्धारको आदेश दिइँदा लामो सवारी जाम देखिएको छ। उक्त आँधी सय वर्ष यताकै खराब हुने भविष्यवाणी गरिएको छ। दुई साताअघि मात्रै उक्त क्षेत्रमा हेलेन नामक अर्को आँधीले विध्वंस मच्चाएको थियो। अहिले यहाँ शहरहरूमा बस्दै आएका मनिषाहरु भयभित देखिएका छन् र बसेको ठाउँ छाड्न दिइएको चेतावनी मानिसहरूले पालना गरेको जस्तो देखिन्छ। मौसमविद्हरूले हालैको ‘हरिकेन’ले पारेको प्रभावका कारण उक्त क्षेत्र यो भीषण आँधीबाट थप जोखिममा परेको उल्लेख गरेका छन्। बालुवाहरू आँधीले उडाएर ल्याउनसक्ने र भग्नावशेषहरूले हतियारको जस्तो असर पार्न सक्ने टिप्पणीहरू गरिएका छन्।

राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडनले फ्लोरिडाका मानिसहरूलाई ‘जीवन मरणको सवाल भन्दै’ हरिकेन मिल्टन फ्लोरिडामा बज्रनु पूर्व नै त्यो क्षेत्र खाली गर्न भनेका छन्। ट्याम्पा फ्लोरिडाका प्रहरीहरूले हरिकेन मिल्टनलाई ‘यो शताब्दीकै शक्तिशाली आँधी’ का रूपमा व्याख्या गर्दा मौसम अधिकारीहरूले यसलाई 'क्याटगरी' पाँचको आँधीका रूपमा वर्गीकरण गरेका छन्। आँधीको वेग २७० किलोमिटर प्रतिघण्टा हुने भनिएको छ।

सो विपद्लाई ध्यान दिँदै फ्लोरिडाका बासिन्दाहरूलाई वर्षौँ यताको सबैभन्दा ठूलो ठाउँ छाड्ने प्रयासमा भाग लिन भनिएको थियो। ट्याम्पाका बासिन्दा स्टिभ क्रिष्ट आँधीबाट जोगिनका लागि आफ्नो डेन्टलको झ्याल र ढोकामा दह्रो बोर्डहरू लगाइरहेका छन्। उनले बीबीसीसँग भने, “सबैजना गइसकेका छन्। मैले यो ठाउँ यति चुपचाप कहिल्यै देखेको थिइन्।”

त्यही बसिरहेका मानिसहरूले घरमा सावधानी अपनाइरहेका तस्बिरहरू सार्वजनिक गरिएका छन्। मौसमविद्हरूले भीषण वर्षा, आकस्मिक बाढी, तीव्र आँधी र हुरीको चेतावनी दिएका छन्। दुई साताअघिको हेलेन नामक आँधीले अमेरिकामा ६ राज्यमा गरेर कम्तीमा २२५ जनाको ज्यान लिएको थियो। सयौँ मानिसहरू अझै बेपत्ता छन्।

ज्यान गुमाउनेमध्ये १४ जना फ्लोरिडाका थिए। सो आँधीले ट्याम्पामा पुर्‍याएको क्षति अहिले पनि देख्न सकिन्छ।

क्रिस्टले दन्त उपचारका क्रममा प्रयोग गर्ने एउटा कुर्सीमा पनि क्षति पुगेको र उनले ४३ वर्षमा पहिलो पटक आफ्नो कार्यालयमा बाढी प्रवेश गरेको बताए। साथै पर्खालको केही फिटमाथिसम्म पानी पुगेको देखाए।

“यो अहिलेसम्म हामीले देखेको सबैभन्दा खराब अवस्था हो। योभन्दा धेरै क्षति हुनेछ। हामीले राम्रोको अपेक्षा गर्नुपर्छ, अहिले हामी त्यत्ति नै गर्नसक्छौँ।”

मिल्टन आँधी फ्लोरिडा आइपुग्नुअघि उक्त राज्यका ६७ मध्ये ५१ वटा काउन्टीमा आपत्कालीन चेतावनीहरू दिइएको छ। मङ्गलवार सो आँधी केही कमजोर भए पनि बुधवार राति फ्लोरिडामा बज्रिनुअघि त्यसको आकार दोबर हुने अमेरिकाको न्याश्नल हरिकेन सेन्टरले चेतावनी दिएको थियो।

“मिल्टनको पश्चिम मध्य फ्लोरिडाका लागि हालसम्मकै सबैभन्दा विध्वंसात्मक आँधी हुन सक्छ,” उक्त विवरणमा भनिएको छ।

मिल्टन आँधीको जोखिमलाई ध्यान दिँदै फ्लोरिडा छाड्नेमा सङ्गीतकार जोन ओ’लेरी पनि छन्।

उनले रोएटर्स समाचार संस्थासँग कुरा गर्दै आफ्नो पियानो छाड्नुपर्दा दु:खी रहेको भए पनि आँधीबाट ज्यान जोगाउनु महत्त्वपूर्ण रहेको बताए।

अर्का व्यक्ति मार्क फिनमेनले १३ घण्टा गाडी चलाएर परिवारलाई अलाबामाको सीमानामा पुर्‍याएको बताए। बाटोमा उनले पेट्रोल भर्न लाम लागेका सवारी साधनहरू देखेका थिए।

“हामी भाग्यशाली रह्यौँ किनभने हामीसँग हाइब्रीड (गाडी) थियो। हामीले पेट्रोल र ब्याट्री दुवै प्रयोग गर्‍यौँ।”

फ्लोरिडाका अधिकारीहरूले पेट्रोल स्टेशनमा इन्धनहरू पुर्‍याइरहेका छन् भने राज्यले अस्थायी विद्युतीय चार्जिङ स्टेसनहरू पनि स्थापना गरिदिएको छ।

ह्वाइट हाउसमा मङ्गलवार बोल्दै बाइडनले यो आँधी फ्लोरिडाका लागि सय वर्षकै खराब हुनसक्ने बताए।

“अहिले, अहिले अहिले नै त्यो ठाउँ खाली गर्नुहोस्,” उनले सङ्घीय सरकारले आँधीअघि, आँधी आइरहँदा र रोकिएपछि राज्यलाई सहयोग गर्ने वाचा गर्दै भने। हजारौँ सङ्घीय अधिकारीहरूलाई तैनाथ गरिएको पनि अधिकारीहरूले बताएका छन्।

गभर्नर रन डेसान्टिसले आँधीबाट अलपत्र पर्ने मानिसहरूलाई लक्षित गर्दै दर्जनौँ सुरक्षित आश्रयस्थल बनाइएको जानकारी दिए। “हामीले बनाएका त्यस्ता स्थानमध्ये एकमा दश हजार जनालाई राख्न सक्छौँ,” उनले भने। “अरूमा पनि केही हजार राख्न सकिन्छ। तर ती अन्तिम विकल्प हुँदैनन्।” सोमवार उनले उक्त आँधी ‘दानव’ जस्तो हुनसक्ने टिप्पणी गरेका थिए। मिल्टनको पूर्व तयारीलाई ध्यान दिँदै राष्ट्रपति बाइडनले जर्मनी र एङ्गोलाको भ्रमण रद्द गरेका थिए।

अरु समाचार र बिचार हेर्न तलको लिँक क्लिक गर्नुहोस ।

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Hurricane Milton To Make Landfall In Florida Tonight With Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Winds, Flooding

By Jonathan Belles, Chris Dolce, Caitlin Kaiser, Sara Tonks

less than an hour ago

Weather To Deteriorate In Florida Ahead Of Milton
Hurricane Milton remains a dangerous major hurricane as it takes aim at Florida. Impacts will begin this afternoon and are expected to be life-threatening. Here’s the latest.
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At a Glance

  • Milton will make landfall in Florida as a major hurricane tonight into early Thursday.
  • Destructive, life-threatening storm surge is expected along the western Florida Gulf Coast.
  • Devastating hurricane-force winds will occur near the coast and well inland through central Florida.
  • Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding from rainfall is also expected.
  • Several tornadoes are possible in the Florida Peninsula.

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H​urricane Milton will make landfall in Florida tonight into early Thursday where it poses a major threat to life and property as it hammers the state with destructive storm surge, devastating wind damage, potentially catastrophic flooding rainfall and several tornadoes.

"Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida," the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its Wednesday morning discussion.

T​his is a life-threatening situation and all evacuations and storm preparations should be rushed to completion.

(​MAPS TRACKER: Spaghetti Models And More)

H​ere's the latest status: Milton is a Category 5 hurricane packing winds up to 160 mph as of 5 a.m. EDT. It is centered 300 miles southwest of Tampa and is tracking to the northeast at 14 mph.

R​ainfall from the hurricane is spreading across parts of the state well in advance of landfall, as shown in the radar snapshot below.

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(The red icon depicts the center of Milton as of the most recent advisory.)

Milton has grown in size over the last 24 hours, with tropical-storm-force winds now up to 125 miles from its center. It will continue to grow even larger on approach to Florida, which means its impacts will affect a big area.

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(The orange circle shows the extent of the system's tropical-storm-force winds (at least 39 mph). The purple circle indicates the extent of hurricane-force winds (at least 74 mph), according to the National Hurricane Center.)

H​ere's where hurricane and storm surge alerts are in effect: Hurricane warnings cover much of central Florida from the Gulf side to the Atlantic side, including the Tampa Bay area, Fort Myers, Orlando, Cape Canaveral and Daytona Beach. This means hurricane (sustained winds of 74 mph or higher) conditions are expected within the warning area by Wednesday evening into early Thursday.

V​arious tropical storm watches and warnings cover other parts of Florida, southeast Georgia, southeast South Carolina and southern North Carolina, as shown in the map below.

storm surge warning stretches along Florida's Gulf Coast from Flamingo northward to Yankeetown, including Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay. Part of the Atlantic coastline is also in a storm surge warning, from Sebastian Inlet, Florida, northward to Altamaha Sound, Georgia, including the St. Johns River in northeast Florida.

This means a life-threatening water rise from storm surge is expected in these areas late Wednesday into Thursday.

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H​ere's the latest timing and intensity forecast: Milton will weaken gradually on approach to Florida because of increasing wind shear, but it should remain a major hurricane (Category 3 or 4) through landfall sometime overnight Wednesday into early Thursday.

It's important to note that this weakening won't reduce the impacts we see from Milton, including storm surge, destructive winds and flooding rainfall. As mentioned before, Milton will also grow larger on approach to Florida, allowing its wind, storm surge and rainfall impacts to sprawl out across a bigger area both within and outside of its forecast cone.

I​n short, do not let your guard down if you see Milton weakening on approach to landfall as this is expected and the hurricane will continue to be an extremely serious threat to Florida.

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(The red-shaded area denotes the potential path of the center of the tropical cyclone. It's important to note that impacts (particularly heavy rain, high surf, coastal flooding, winds) with any tropical cyclone usually spread beyond its forecast path.)

I​mpacts Forecast

S​torm Surge

The latest National Hurricane Center forecast calls for storm surge to be as much as 8 to 15 feet above ground level if the peak surge coincides with high tide along the west-central Florida Gulf Coast, including Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor.

T​he tidal cycle will be in the process of rising toward high tide which is Thursday morning on the west-central Florida Gulf Coast when Milton arrives at landfall.

Storm surge will be most destructive near and to the south of where the storm’s center crosses the coast. If you're in an area prone to storm surge, you should follow the advice of local officials and evacuate if ordered.

I​f the storm surge forecast materializes for Tampa Bay, it would be the highest there in more than a century. A track near or north of the bay would bring the highest surge potential there, while a track a bit farther south would shift the worst surge southward.

S​torm surge should start building up on Wednesday before likely peaking Wednesday night into early Thursday.

S​ome storm surge could also inundate parts of Florida's east coast as well as coastal Georgia and South Carolina because of winds blowing onshore when Milton passes by Wednesday night through Thursday.

Please note that adjustments to the storm surge forecast shown below are possible based on Milton's exact track.

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Storm Surge Forecast

Wind Damage

The most devastating winds capable of structural damage, downing trees and knocking out power will occur near where the center of Milton crosses the coast in west-central Florida and then tracks inland through central Florida toward the Orlando and Cape Canaveral areas. Power outages could last for days in these areas.

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(This map from the National Weather Service shows the potential strongest winds (likely in gusts) that could occur. Areas in red or purple colors are most probable to see hurricane-force capable of more widespread tree damage, power outages and at least some damage to buildings. Areas in yellow and orange could see at least some sporadic downed trees and power outages.)

The timing for those strongest winds begins late Wednesday along the western Gulf Coast, then spreads east across central Florida through the first part of Thursday.

Areas farther away from the landfall point in northern and southern Florida will see some strong wind gusts as well that could at least down trees and cause scattered power outages.

Rainfall Flooding

C​atastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding – and moderate to major river flooding – is expected from Milton in the central and northern Florida Peninsula.

T​otals across these areas could be 6 to 12 inches, with locally up to 18 inches through Thursday.

N​OAA's Weather Prediction Center has issued a rare "high risk" flood threat for parts of central Florida, including the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas, for Wednesday and Thursday because of this excessive rainfall.

(For even more granular weather data tracking in your area, view your 15-minute forecast in our Premium Pro experience.)

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(This should be interpreted as a broad outlook of where the heaviest rain may fall. Higher amounts may occur where bands or clusters of thunderstorms stall for over a period of a few hours.)

T​ornadoes

The threat of several tornadoes will exist Wednesday and Wednesday night in the central and southern Florida Peninsula. Some tornadoes could be strong, meaning EF2 or greater intensity.

An isolated tornado threat could linger into Thursday in east-central and southern Florida.

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R​ecap Of Milton So Far

T​ropical Depression Fourteen formed on the morning of Oct. 5 in the southwest Gulf of Mexico and shortly thereafter was deemed Tropical Storm Milton.

T​he storm then rapidly intensified into Hurricane Milton about 24 hours later at 1 p.m. CDT on Oct. 6.

T​he next day, Milton underwent another incredible round of rapid intensification. Winds increased from 90 mph at 1 a.m. CDT on Oct. 7 to 180 mph just 15 hours later at 4 p.m. CDT.

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Milton's 180 mph winds made it one of only nine other Atlantic hurricanes to hit that wind threshold or higher.

Its pressure dropped to 897 millibars, the lowest observed in any Atlantic hurricane since Wilma in 2005. That also ranks as the fifth-lowest pressure on record for any Atlantic hurricane.

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