Hurricane Milton forms a skull-like shape before it hits Florida; a scary satellite picture shows the storm’s spooky shape.
Meteorologists and people on social media are both amazed by a satellite picture of Hurricane Milton. The storm made an eerie skull-like face just before it hit Florida. The terrifying picture, taken before the storm hit land on Wednesday, has been compared to a picture from 2016 storm Matthew.
A senior meteorologist at the Weather Channel named Stu Ostro posted the scary picture on X (formerly Twitter. Ostro put it next to a picture of Hurricane Matthew and said that the two looked eerily alike. It’s interesting that both hurricanes, Matthew in 2016 and Milton in 2024, are “M” storms.
*”The first skull face with Matthew in 2016 and with Milton tonight. They are both “M” storms. “I find it interesting that strong hurricanes can make that structure possible,” Ostro wrote.
A person from Alabama named Storm Chaser Rob also shared a video of the satellite radar that shows Hurricane Milton changing into a scary skull shape.
“We have a SKULL.” This picture is very scary. This gave me chills. He said, “Hunger Milton will be talked about for a long time.”
The Destructive Landfall of Hurricane Milton in Florida
At eight o’clock ET on Wednesday, storm Milton hit land near Sarasota, Florida. It was a Category 3 storm. The strong storm brought extreme weather, with wind gusts of over 100 mph and heavy rain—some places got up to 20 inches of rain. Over three million people in Florida are still without power after Hurricane Milton. People are starting to figure out how bad the storm was.
Hurricanes That Look Like Skulls: Milton and Matthew
This is not the first time that a storm has looked really scary. Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm that hit Haiti in 2016 and did a lot of damage, also took the shape of a skull as it headed toward the Caribbean. Matthew did a lot of terrible damage, like floods, collapses, and destroying infrastructure. Like Matthew, Hurricane Milton is a wind that does damage. Early reports show that the damage is very bad, but the full scope of the damage is still being determined. At least nine people have been reported dead so far, and pictures from across Florida show vast amounts of water, wind damage, and communities being uprooted.
Final Thoughts
The scary face that looks like a skull has left a lasting impact on the fallout of Hurricane Milton. Like storm Matthew, Milton’s spooky look is likely to go down in history as one of the scariest sights in recent storm history. A lot of people have lost power, and the number of deaths is rising. Florida is getting ready for what will probably be a long rebuilding process.