TAMPA, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring another disturbance off Florida’s east coast after Hurricane Milton’s landfall.
Milton made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida late Wednesday as a major hurricane. Milton waffled between Category 4 and 5 strength since Tuesday before it slightly weakened to a Category 3 storm on Wednesday.
The storm left millions in the area without power and water. In some parts of the state, tornados ripped through buildings. Even St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays, took a hard hit with the roof being ripped off from the high winds. Now that the storm is almost out of Florida, local law enforcement is starting to get out and assess the damage.
The NHC said it’s also monitoring another possible storm in the Atlantic about 300 miles from Bermuda in an advisory Wednesday. The NHC said there’s a 30% chance that the disturbance will form a cyclone in the next two to seven days.
“Environmental conditions are becoming less favorable for tropical or subtropical development today while the low moves northeastward to east-northeastward at around 15 mph,” the National Hurricane Center said. “Upper-level winds are expected to become too strong for further development tonight or on Thursday.”
The system is not yet named because it isn’t strong enough, but the next named storm this year would be Nadine.
Hurricane Leslie is also in the North Atlantic and is forecast to continue its path away from the U.S., according to the National Hurricane Center.
There have been 13 named storms so far this hurricane season, which ends Nov. 30 in the Atlantic.
