{"677387":{"#nid":"677387","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Hurricane Milton Explodes Into a Powerful Category 5 Storm as it Heads for Florida ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHurricane Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on record as it went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than a day on a path across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. In an article in \u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation, \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-dr-zachary\u0022\u003ESenior Academic Professional Zachary Handlos\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/sarhadi-dr-ali\u0022\u003EAssistant Professor Ali Sarhadi,\u003C\/a\u003E both in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, discuss their research on hurricane behavior, rapid intensification, and what causes rapid intensification. Rapid intensification is defined by the National Weather Service as an increase in a tropical cyclone\u2019s maximum sustained wind speed of at least 30 knots \u2013 about 35 mph within a 24-hour period.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHurricane Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on record as it went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than a day on a path across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. In an article in \u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation, \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-dr-zachary\u0022\u003ESenior Academic Professional Zachary Handlos\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/sarhadi-dr-ali\u0022\u003EAssistant Professor Ali Sarhadi,\u003C\/a\u003E both in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, discuss their research on hurricane behavior, rapid intensification, and what causes rapid intensification. Rapid intensification is defined by the National Weather Service as an increase in a tropical cyclone\u2019s maximum sustained wind speed of at least 30 knots \u2013 about 35 mph within a 24-hour period.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-10-08 14:56:11","changed_gmt":"2024-10-15 18:42:24","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hurricane-milton-explodes-into-a-powerful-category-5-storm-as-it-heads-for-florida-heres-how-rapid-intensification-works-240754","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"194000","name":"Hurricane Milton"},{"id":"1860","name":"hurricane"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}