Hurricane Milton

popular Wiki of the Day

pWotD Episode 2715: Hurricane Milton
Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 94,022 views on Monday, 7 October 2024 our article of the day is Hurricane Milton.
Hurricane Milton is an extremely powerful tropical cyclone active in the Gulf of Mexico, currently impacting the Yucatán Peninsula. The thirteenth named storm, ninth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Milton formed from a long-tracked tropical disturbance which originated in the western Caribbean Sea and consolidated in the Bay of Campeche on October 5. The storm then underwent explosive intensification into a Category 5 hurricane on October 7. Milton is expected to impact Florida less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated its Big Bend region. At peak intensity, the hurricane was the fifth-most intense in the Atlantic on record.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 05:41 UTC on Tuesday, 8 October 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Hurricane Milton on Wikipedia.
This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.
Follow us on Mastodon at @[e-mail].
Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.
Until next time, I'm standard Nicole.