A creepy satellite image of Hurricane Milton shows the storm taking the shape of a skull before making landfall in Florida on Wednesday.
Stu Ostro, senior meteorologist at the Weather Channel, shared the eerie photo on X, displaying it next to a similar image of hurricane Matthew in 2016.
‘The original skull face with #Matthew in 2016, and #Milton tonight. Both are ‘M’ storms. Interesting that intense hurricanes can be conducive to having that structure,’ he wrote.
Another X user – Storm Chaser Rob from Alabama – shared a video of the satellite radar as Milton morphed into the sinister shape.
‘We have a SKULL. This is a harrowing visual. This sent chills up my spine. Hurricane Milton will be talked about for a long time,’ he wrote.
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida around 8:30pm ET Wednesday. The Category 3 storm hammered the state with up to 20 inches of rain, over 100 mph wind gusts and left more than three million people without power.
Hurricane Matthew was also a devastating storm. It slammed into Haiti as a Category 4 storm in 2016, causing severe flooding, landslides and infrastructure damage that killed over 500 people and displaced tens of thousands.
The full extent of Milton’s damage is still unknown, but reports and photos show extensive damage and so far nine people have been confirmed dead.
