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The original post: /r/askscience by /u/Fwecklez on 2024-10-08 17:45:57.

As of right now, it looks as if Milton will pass right over the peninsula of Florida, but what will happen to it when it reaches the Atlantic Ocean? Since hurricanes typically build strength when they’re over the Atlantic Ocean and then head towards the interior of the US, with this one headed into the ocean instead, what will it do? Will it just get stronger and stronger as it crosses the Atlantic until it obliterates all of Europe? Will it curve back and hit the east coast? Or will it just fizzle out over the ocean? Everywhere I’ve looked talks about what Milton will do to Florida, but nowhere seems to talk about what will happen to it after it passes over Florida.