Hurricane Michael, which has blossomed from a tropical storm off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula into a mighty threat to Florida and beyond, gained Category 2 status Tuesday…
Hurricane Michael, which has blossomed from a tropical storm off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula into a mighty threat to Florida and beyond, gained Category 2 status Tuesday and could strengthen.
The National Hurricane Center, citing Michael’s dangerous trifecta of storm surge, flash flooding and winds, described the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season as “life-threatening,” and the Florida Division of Emergency Management warned on Twitter of the storm’s “rapid intensification” ahead of landfall.
The National Hurricane Center said the storm was moving north-northwestward through the southern Gulf of Mexico, and that storm surge and hurricane warnings were in effect for the northeastern Gulf coast.
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