United States, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida

Around 2:30 am Italian time, Hurricane Milton reached Florida, in the United States, preceded by a barrage of tornadoes.

Hurricane Milton, which could turn out to be the worst to have affected the last century United States, hit the ground to 8.30pm on Wednesday 9 October local time (2:30 am in Italy), in Florida.The National hurricane center, in a bulletin released shortly after, reported that the phenomenon was retrograde in category 3 (out of a total of 5) on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds at 185 kilometers per hour and is a maximum pressure in the eye of the storm estimated at 956 hectopascals (hPa).Subsequently, as always happens, it lost further power.

Almost 3 million people without electricity.Two meters of water in the streets of Tampa

The same hurricane monitoring center explained overnight that Milton “is bringing devastating rains And twenty destroyers in the interior of Florida."More than 2.8 million families and businesses are without electricity supply, as reported by CNN.The governor Ron DeSantis he made it known that 30 thousand people they were welcomed in public shelters.

Hit by very violent winds, the city of Tampa she found herself submerged, but fortunately the worst predictions in terms of flood levels did not come true:in the city the water reached two metres (the worst scenarios were over three metres).Although the damage is certainly gigantic.

Their Tampa stadium, set up as a reception center, was uncovered

This is confirmed by the fate that befell him Tropicana Field stadium of the US city: set up inside as a reception centre to host people in difficulty, in the middle of the night he saw part of his roof being rooted by the fury of the hurricane.

We will have to wait for the experts' analyzes to understand whether Milton really was the worst of the last century, as predicted by the US authorities.A record, however, has certainly already been equaled:Florida was in fact hit by three hurricanes in a single season:Francine, Helena and Milton.The last time this happened was in 2005 and, from 1900 onwards, it had only happened in 1964 and in 2004.

At least 27 tornadoes hit Florida before the hurricane arrived

Furthermore, before Hurricane Milton made landfall, numerous areas of Florida were affected by violent tornadoes.Interviewed by the British broadcaster BBC, Sheriff Keith Pearson spoke of "several victims"

The presence of tornadoes had also been predicted by National Weather Service (Nws), the American meteorological service, which had spoken of "conditions favorable to their development in the center and south of the Florida peninsula".Many videos have been published on social networks, showing the violence of events.In particular, a huge tornado developed at Clewiston, in Hendry County.

At least they are 27 phenomena were reported in just a few hours on American state soil:numerous homes were damaged or destroyed.Again, it will take time to understand the full extent of the damage materials.