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ATLANTA — A fast-moving tropical cyclone strengthened into Hurricane Michael on Monday and threatened to strike Florida as soon as Wednesday, imperiling a vast stretch of the state with little notice.
The system’s risks also extend hundreds of miles inland, and it is poised to bombard parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic as a tropical storm, endangering regions still recovering from Hurricane Florence’s deluge last month.
In an advisory on Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center suggested the storm would make landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour.
“This storm will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous,” Gov. Rick Scott of Florida said at a televised news conference in Southport, Fla., just north of Panama City.
The system’s risks also extend hundreds of miles inland, and it is poised to bombard parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic as a tropical storm, endangering regions still recovering from Hurricane Florence’s deluge last month.
In an advisory on Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center suggested the storm would make landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour.
“This storm will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous,” Gov. Rick Scott of Florida said at a televised news conference in Southport, Fla., just north of Panama City.
