Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Milton now ranks as the third-greatest 24-hour wind speed intensification for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. (Records are based on data since the satellite era began in the 1960s.)

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    Holy fuck people. It says right in the image that it’s in meters.

    So not only lemmings can’t read, a comment asking for info staring you in the face has 55 upvotes… and the wrong answer has 38.

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        10 hours ago

        Well, that’s egg on my face. Thanks for the correction.

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          10 hours ago

          If it makes you feel better, it seems like you’re not the only one who missed the thread indent 🤷‍♂️

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            Indents are hard to do well. Maybe impossible? Should be effortless to read but seems to never happen. Maybe just one of those things.