Hurricane Milton reached CAT 5 status – the last time there was a hurricane this strong barreling towards Florida was pre-Civil War

 Just days after Hurricane Helene devastated large swatch of western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina comes another major storm, Hurricane Milton, which overnight went from Category 1 to Category 5 as it traverses the hot waters of the Gulf of Mexico towards Tampa, Fla.

According to the latest reports, Milton is now a sustained Category 5 storm that at its current rate of explosive growth could end up breaking all world records for major hurricanes once it reaches the shores of the Sunshine State.

If there was another category beyond Category 5 such as Category 6, in other words, Milton might end up becoming the worst hurricane to strike the United States since pre-Civil War days...<<<Read More>>>...