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Have we seen the end of Milton? Here's the latest for your Thursday

Hurricane Milton made landfall last night and has rapidly tracked across Florida and is already offshore as of 5am. There are still warnings up on the east coast of Florida/Georgia/South Carolina, but those will expire later today ...

The current impact estimates are still in the $60-$75 Billion range, we can't really refine them until the storm has fully left the area. There were unfortunately fatalities, for sure in the tornado outbreak that hit the southern part of the state, and no doubt this has left a substantial trail of misery and destruction. ABC News is reporting that although thousands of emergency workers were using Tampa's Tropicana Field as a staging area, there were no injuries when winds ripped the roof off of the Major League Baseball stadium a short time ago.

For the east coast of Florida, things should rapidly improve with the coming of daylight. Likewise, here in the suburbs of Frogmore (Savannah, Beaufort, HHI) and more distant environs (Hinesville southward) things should not get much worse than they are now, winds peaking around 8-9am, although it will be breezy the rest of the day. Rain looks to be almost over already, although another scattered shower or two before 10am wouldn't be surprising.

Still looking for a higher than normal tide at 2pm today, and likely the overnight high tide. They may peak at 10ft at the Ft. Pulaski gauge, so that means some shallow coastal flooding in the usual spots. Probably won't top US-80 (the road to Tybee Island), but might get close.

Milton should stay well north of The Bahamas, causing only some breezy rain showers and waves. Likewise it should stay south of Bermuda, and should be completely gone in 3-4 days.


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