Between Sunday and Monday morning — a mere 24 hours — Hurricane Milton grew from a tropical storm to a fierce Category 5 hurricane. With wind speeds pushing 180 miles per hour Monday afternoon ...

Hurricane Milton churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Tuesday as an “extremely dangerous” storm that could wallop one of the state's major population centers just two weeks ...

The Gulf of Mexico coastline transformed into ... Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida on Oct. 9. Milton strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane ...

Rapid intensification of storms occurs when sea surface temperatures are at or above record-breaking highs, as was the case with last year’s Hurricane Milton.

After weakening slightly, Milton regained strength Tuesday afternoon and became a Category 5 storm again ... back hurricanes that rapidly intensified into mighty storms comes as climate change ...

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Tropical Storm Barbara was strengthening Sunday off the southwest coast of Mexico and was expected to become a hurricane, but ...