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The image of the gulf coast, land in gray and ocean with a temperature gradient overlay with current cloud coverage shows Hurricane Milton. The ocean temperatures overlay shows all Gulf of Mexico waters in a shade of red. The range of color on the warm side of the spectrum ranges from pale yellow at 21 degrees C to a dark, near black shade of red, at 32 degrees C or more.

Fuel for Hurricane Milton

The storm rapidly intensified to Category 5 strength over warm gulf waters. View the full story

Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Wanmei Liang
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