Tropical weather
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Here are a few more recent stories related to the storms that have hit the Southeast in the past month that are interesting but not necessarily related to agriculture. Washington Post: How Asheville residents survive without running water, weeks after Helene Washington Post: FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post…
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Stories discussing the impacts of recent hurricanes Helene and Milton are rolling in, and illustrate just how devastating the storms were for our farmers and those who provide services like equipment sales, buying crops, etc. I am posting this in part just to keep a record of these stories but I think you will be…
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According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Milton made landfall just south of Sarasota FL at 8:30 pm EDT on October 9 as a category 3 hurricane. It had reached category 5 earlier today after going through an eyewall replacement cycle last night and re-intensifying, but increased wind shear and drier air being pulled into…
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Meteorologists have been watching the intensification of Hurricane Milton all day with disbelief since it went from a Category 1 storm to a Category 5 storm in less than 12 hours, a rate that has never been seen before. The storm is still predicted to make landfall near Tampa FL as a major hurricane, but…
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Here are a few more recent stories I have read on a variety of impacts of Helene on agriculture, mostly in Georgia. I also included a couple of links at the end discussing the long-term financial impacts on farmers and homeowners and a link to the FEMA Rumor Response page, which is what they posted…
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The area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico has finally coalesced into a tropical depression earlier today and is now Tropical Storm Milton. Milton is expected to deepen as it moves over the very warm Gulf of Mexico and is predicted to hit somewhere along the West Coast of Florida midweek, potentially as…
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The latest 7-day tropical outlook shows Hurricane Kirk as a major hurricane out in the central Atlantic and Tropical Storm Leslie, which formed today and is also expected to reach major status in a few days. Kirk is expected to turn north and then northeast in quick order and could threaten Europe in a few…
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