Hurricane Milton, approaching the coast of the US state of Florida, has strengthened to a category two, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports. Previously, a state of emergency was declared in Florida due to the approaching tropical storm Milton, which subsequently strengthened to a hurricane .According to the center at 4.00 CDT (12.00 Moscow time), the maximum sustained wind speed is about 155 kilometers per hour, the hurricane is moving to the southeast at a speed of 13 km/h.
The hurricane is expected to reach the west coast of Florida by Wednesday. A tropical storm is named when its accompanying wind speed reaches 62 kilometers per hour. For a hurricane to be classified as Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which assesses potential damage from a storm, its wind speed must exceed 120 kilometers per hour. If the wind speed exceeds 150 kilometers per hour, the hurricane category will be upgraded to second, at 180 - to third, at 210 - to fourth. The fifth, most dangerous, category is assigned to hurricanes with wind speeds of more than 250 kilometers per hour.
