Hurricane Florida Keys 2020
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Hurricane florida keys 2020. Tropical storm eta made landfall in the florida keys at lower matecumbe key on sunday night with winds estimated at 65 mph. Download the keys hurricane travel safety guide. Tropical storm eta strikes florida keys expected to become hurricane. Florida on november 8 2020.
Several shelters also opened in miami and the florida keys for residents in mobile homes and. In the florida keys the same forces that create balmy breezes and warm waves also can bring high winds heavy rain and tidal surges. Tropical storm eta is the first tropical storm to make a november landfall in florida since tropical storm mitch in 1998 according to philip klotzbach a colorado state university meteorologist. Eta likely as a strong tropical storm maximum sustained winds 37 73 mph or category 1 hurricane strength will bring wind gusts of 60 70 mph across south florida and the florida keys with an.
Eta s landfall on the florida keys adds even more records to the 2020 atlantic hurricane season. Because they are on the northern fringe of the caribbean the florida keys occasionally are threatened by tropical cyclones a generic name for a low pressure. Florida finally recorded its first official landfall of a 2020 atlantic hurricane season that otherwise shattered a record for u s. Follow the latest on election 2020.
United states national hurricane center in miami said the storm could become a hurricane again before reaching the florida keys and it declared hurricane and. National hurricane center in miami declared hurricane and storm surge warnings for the keys from ocean reef to the dry tortugas including florida bay. National hurricane center in miami said declared hurricane and storm surge warnings for the keys from ocean reef to the dry tortugas including florida bay with the storm expected to reach that area by sunday night or early monday.