Mark C. Bove

Meteorologist & SVP Nat Cat Solutions @MunichRe_US. Extreme events, climate change, risk modeling, geoinformatics & insurance. Have a Pupnado. 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 he/him

[Mark C. Bove @MarkCBove]

Left: #CapeCoral, FL in 1959, 1 year before Cat 4 #Hurricane Donna.
Right: Cape Coral today. Red box is developed area in 1959 photo. #Irma

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@bryanwx @SteveKornacki Fact check: True

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@Climatologist49

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@stormchasernick Now that’s scary.

[Collin Gross @CollinGrossWx]

One of the most infamous satellite loops of all time. Superstorm Sandy making its unprecedented left turn towards New Jersey 12 years ago today.

[Mark C. Bove @MarkCBove]

Peak color at the house.

[PowerOutage.us @PowerOutage_us]

#HurricaneHelene #PowerOutage Summary.
Max customers out at one time: 4.79 million
Total customers Affected: Over 7.4 million
Over 1.69 million customers affected in #Florida
1.59 million in #SouthCarolina
1.28 million in #Georgia
1.18 million in #NorthCarolina
https://t.co/FlQYb4ETU7

[Anne Cope @AnneCopeIBHS]

Collaboration is critical as we work to end the destruction of homes and communities from wildfire. Check out how @IBHS_org and @NFPA are accelerating our joint efforts: https://t.co/npMXdzwZdh

[Josh Benson @WFLAJosh]

SOLAR FARM TORNADO. Check out the damage a tornado did to a Duke Energy Solar Farm in Lake Placid. Incredible. #HurricaneMilton

[Mark C. Bove @MarkCBove]

@mlgriffinWX1 @IBHS_org Awwww. Need to stop by when I’m there!

[Mark C. Bove @MarkCBove]

Always an impressive job by @NHC_Atlantic and the brave Hurricane Hunters to collect invaluable data.

NOAA and the NWS remains one of the best ROIs of American taxpayer dollars. No wonder the GOP and the Heritage Foundation want to eviscerate it.

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

NEW: We’re outside of our office building right now in downtown St. Petersburg, where dozens have gathered to take pictures of the crane that fell last night.

As the sun came up, here’s how it looks @TB_Times:

[Mark C. Bove @MarkCBove]

This. This. This. 1 million times this.

Over 75% of tornadoes are rated as EF2 and lower.

Proper building codes can save homes from being leveled and protect the families inside if a tornado strikes.

Florida’s wind code should be copied by every SCS-prone state.

[Chase Wilson @DualDoppler]

A lesson I’m learning from the photos out of these intense tornadoes across Florida today is that, to nobodies surprise, houses built to a robust wind code *survive*, even in the face of 120-130mph winds - a lesson Dixie and Tornado Alley could learn #flwx

[Heather Zons @HeatherZWeather]

Okay, this is a wild stat.

Tampa received 11.23" of rainfall on Wednesday from #Milton. Their previous wettest October 1-31st was 10.33" in 1922.

THEY BROKE THE MONTHLY RECORD IN A SINGLE DAY.

[Evan Rosenberg @Evan_Rosenberg]

Tornado hits Avenir in Palm Beach Gardens in my in-laws neighborhood. A dumpster gets lifted onto a roof. Unreal.

@WPTV @SunSentinel @WPBF25News @wsvn @FOX29WFLX

[Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach]

#Hurricane #Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, FL - the 5th US Gulf Coast hurricane landfall this year (Beryl, Debby, Francine and Helene are other 4). This ties 2005 and 2020 for 2nd most Gulf hurricane landfalls on record, trailing only 1886 (6 Gulf hurricane landfalls).

[Greg Rule @WXRules]

Downtown Fort Myers is under water as wind driven storm surge from Hurricane Milton impacts the area.

📸: Corenia Ellswick

[Steve Bowen @SteveBowenWx]

Again.

Why do we rarely see measured inland winds equal the NHC's max landfall wind speed?

NHC wind speeds are measured over open water.

As winds begin to interact with land, the frictional effects typically reduce wind speeds by 10-20% almost instantaneously.

#Milton

[Mark C. Bove @MarkCBove]

@FLClimateCenter Let’s not discount the 100 mile swath of surge to the south and the massive rain rates in Tampa right now. But the tornadoes are indeed up there.

[Brooke Silverang @WPBF_BROOKE]

Avenir neighborhood in Palm Beach Gardens @NWSMiami #florida #milton

[Brady Harris @StormCat5_]

🌊 STORM SURGE IN NAPLES FLORIDA

Hurricane #Milton means serious business