Hurricane Milton Barrels Toward Florida

 


When will Hurricane Milton hit Florida?


Hurricane Milton: President Biden postpones Germany trip

US President Joe Biden has postponed a planned trip to Germany as Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, which he says could be the "worst storm in a century" to hit the state. 

"I just don't think I can be out of the country at this time," he said at the White House on Tuesday

Deutsche Welle 8 October 2024




Milton, the Atlantic’s strongest hurricane this year, is set to approach the Florida peninsula as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, bearing down on a region still struggling to recover from Helene’s devastation.

Milton now tops Hurricane Beryl, which raked Texas, Mexico and the Caribbean in July, as the most powerful Atlantic storm this season. With winds this intense, Milton is capable of collapsing homes, flattening trees and triggering power outages that could last weeks to months.

Bloomberg 7 October 2024

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-07/hurricane-milton-becomes-a-deadly-category-5-storm-in-gulf


Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5 storm as Florida orders evacuations

Associated Press 7 October 2024

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hurricane-milton-strengthens-to-category-5-storm-as-florida-orders-evacuations-0cde110e


The Great Florida Migration Is Coming Undone

A surplus of housing inventory and dwindling buyer interest are slowing sales. Hurricanes and extreme weather are making it worse.

Wall Street Journal 7 October 2024

https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/florida-home-sales-slowing-355616a2


Tropical Storm Milton could hit Florida as a major hurricane midweek

AP 6 October 2024

https://apnews.com/article/tropical-weather-milton-helene-florida-fe1a0232599542fffeb080e5d3a3683e


In a Florida Town Ravaged by Storms, Homeowners All Want to Sell

Ballooning home insurance costs and the perennial threat of violent storms hit Tampa Bay housing market hard

Wall Street Journal 1 October 2024

https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/st-petersburg-florida-homeowners-hurricane-insurance-cost-4bc92822


The Great Depression in Florida

Florida's economic bubble burst in 1926, when money and credit ran out, and banks and investors abruptly stopped trusting the "paper" millionaires. 

Severe hurricanes swept through the state in the 1926 and 1928, further damaging Florida's economy.

By the time the Great Depression began in the rest of the nation in 1929, Floridians had already become accustomed to economic hardship.



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