USGS Coastal Change Experts Warn of Heightened Risks for Florida's West Coast as Hurricane Milton Approaches in the aftermath of Helene
October 07, 2024
October 07, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release:
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. U.S. Geological Survey experts project that Hurricane Milton, expected to make landfall on Florida's west coast as early as Wednesday, will bring significant coastal change.
Currently, 95 percent of the sandy beaches on Florida's west coast are forecasted to become inundated--meaning continuously covered by ocean water--from Milton, . . .
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. U.S. Geological Survey experts project that Hurricane Milton, expected to make landfall on Florida's west coast as early as Wednesday, will bring significant coastal change.
Currently, 95 percent of the sandy beaches on Florida's west coast are forecasted to become inundated--meaning continuously covered by ocean water--from Milton, . . .