Walt Disney World No Longer Under Hurricane Warning
Hurricane Milton has officially come and gone in Florida.
As proof, Orange County is no longer operating under a hurricane warning or watch.
So, let’s quickly summarize another rough weather week for the Sunshine State.
Hurricane Warning Ends
Let’s start with the good news. OCAlert.net notified Orange County residents that it’s over. Hurricane Milton is gone.
Weather services have canceled all outstanding tropical storm and hurricane warnings and watches in the region.
That doesn’t mean everything is fine and back to normal in Florida because it’s not.
The Orlando Sentinel links 13 deaths to Hurricane Milton, and that number may increase. Sometimes, it takes longer to inform the families.
This is a grim time, and we shouldn’t pretend otherwise. Still, I think people are acutely aware it could have been much worse.
Hurricane Milton by the Numbers
At one point, Hurricane Milton registered average wind speeds of 185 miles per hour (MPH) with occasional guests above 200 MPH.
When the storm made landfall on the Florida coast, it was still traveling at 120 miles per hour, making it a Category 3 hurricane.
Five hours later, the storm still maintained Category 1 status, making it the rare hurricane to maintain that designation during its entire landfall.
As usual, the hurricane diminished in force by the time it reached Central Florida.
According to OCAlert, the highest wind gusts measured in Orange County, Florida, were 87 MPH.
The Orlando Executive Airport also registered its highest wind speeds at any point since 2017.
So, Milton was an extremely rare weather event due to its ferocity and longevity.
Certain parts of Orange County exceeded ten inches of rainfall, but that wasn’t even the worst part.
Milton triggered as many tornados as weather experts could ever recall during a hurricane. That was the real danger.
Central Florida alone listed 42 distinct tornado warnings. Overall, the state tracked 19 fully formed tornados, an almost incomprehensible total.
As a reminder, a single tornado is really, really bad. The sheer volume of tornados ensures Milton will live on in infamy as a weather event.
Thankfully, the whole thing is over, and Walt Disney World’s theme parks return to normal operations in the morning.
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