In early October, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm. Satellite visuals created by the Imagery Production Team made available in CIRA’s Satellite Library were used by several high-profile media outlets to highlight Hurricane Milton. More information and links can be found below. (POC: D. Smith, dakota.smith@colostate.edu K. Erickson, kim.erickson@colostate.edu, J. Reiter, josh.reiter@colostate.edu, CIRA) Funding: GOES-R.
CNN: “Earth’s strongest storm of 2024, Hurricane Milton, is barreling toward Florida. Here’s the latest”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgq7vIRAxKE&ab_channel=CNN&t=15m8s
CNN: “Imagery of a NOAA satellite provides a view of Hurricane Milton…”. https://www.tiktok.com/@cnn/video/7423939680950963486?_t=8qPpeHVXhk6&_r=1; https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4GuVww_VX4g
CNN: “Winds from Hurricane Milton could pummel both sides of Florida…” https://www.tiktok.com/@cnn/video/7423479183633829163?_t=8qOABqa6eoV&_r=1
ABC World News Tonight: “Hurricane Milton exploded into a monster category five storm…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI-m8sTFSL4&ab_channel=ABCNews&t=0m21s
ABC Worlds News Tonight: “Hurricane Milton forces Millions to evacuate Florida”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35JuI-T_VTI&ab_channel=ABCNews
ABC World News Tonight: “ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Oct. 10, 2024”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRK4xsfFso8&ab_channel=ABCNews&t=6m58s
ABC – Good Morning America: “Millions braces a new hurricane closes in on Florida”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fThhUJRoq3I&ab_channel=GoodMorningAmerica&t=12s
NBC News: “Satellite images show Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida”. https://www.nbcnews.com/video/satellite-images-show-hurricane-milton-making-landfall-in-florida-221371461831
CBS News: “For the first time in recorded history, three active hurricanes…” https://www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/video/7423095891134844202?_t=8qNDSD1YJGU&_r=1
CBS News: “Hurricane Milton, a powerful Category 4 storm, prompts new warnings for Florida amid mass evacuations”.https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/tropical-storm-milton-forms-gulf-of-mexico-florida/?intcid=CNR-02-0623
CBS News: “New details on Hurricane Milton’s path as it heads toward Florida”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXtdu5JR0ZQ&ab_channel=CBSNews
CBS News: “Florida cleans up after Hurricane Milton makes landfall, 16 deaths reported”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7seVrXmKKw&list=RDNSL7seVrXmKKw&start_radio=1&ab_channel=CBSNews
Newsweek: “Hurricane Milton Fifth Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Ever”. https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-milton-category-5-storm-fifth-strongest-ever-atlantic-1965604
Newsweek: “Hurricane Milton: Public Health Emergency Declared in Florida”. https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-milton-category-5-public-health-emergency-florida-1966264
Newsweek: “Category 6 Hurricanes: Is There Such a Thing?”. https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-milton-category-6-weather-storms-climate-change-1965529
FoxWeather: “Extraordinary: Satellite imagery releasedd by @CIRA_CSU…” https://x.com/foxweather/status/1843627820360314972
DailyMail: “Satellite imagery shows the eye of deadly Hurricane Milton”. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hLNPWCM9e28
Inside Edition: “Hurricane Milton Gathers Strength in Gulf of Mexico”. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KwALueznby8
LiveScience: “Hurricane Milton: Jaw-dropping images taken from space show the storm rapidly intensifying as it approaches Florida”.https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/hurricane-milton-jaw-dropping-images-taken-from-space-show-the-storm-rapidly-intensifying-as-it-approaches-florida
SkyNews: “Hurricane Milton: What we know so far about the storm…” https://news.sky.com/story/hurricane-milton-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-storm-that-has-forced-millions-to-evacuate-in-the-us-and-mexico-13230131
Forbes Breaking News: “New Satellite Video Captures The Eye of Hurricane Milton”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYYWlL15fE&ab_channel=ForbesBreakingNews
Space.com: “Satellite image captures Hurricane Milton intensifying into Category 5 storm”. https://www.space.com/hurricane-milton-category-5-satellite-imagery
The Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB) of NOAA/NESDIS conducts research on the use of satellite data to improve analysis, forecasts and warnings for regional and mesoscale meteorological events. RAMMB is co-located with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO.
