Hurricane Milton supercharges into monster 180mph storm so quickly experts call for it to be given unprecedented Category 6 status: 'This is nothing short of astronomical'  | 8 Oct 2024 | Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in Florida as a Category 5 hurricane on Wednesday morning - and it's expected to be even worse than Helene. Six million residents are under hurricane watch warnings and many have been ordered to evacuate as "life-threatening" fifteen-foot-high storm surges and winds of up to 175mph barrel in. The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay has said, "If the storm stays on the current track, it will be the worst storm to impact the Tampa area in over 100 years." Mayor Jane Castor has warned the city's nearly 400,000 residents that if they don't evacuate, "you are going to die." Startling spaghetti models show the hurricane's deadly path covering vast swathes of Florida. Fox 35 Orlando Meteorologist Noah Bergren posted on X: "8PM EDT: This is nothing short of astronomical. I am at a loss for words to meteorologically describe you the storms small eye and intensity. 897mb pressure with 180 MPH max sustained winds and gusts 200+ MPH. This is now the 4th strongest hurricane ever recorded by pressure on this side of the world. The eye is TINY at nearly 3.8 miles wide. This hurricane is nearing the mathematical limit of what Earth's atmosphere over this ocean water can produce." [Maybe tell HAARP to stand down.]