Hurricane Milton

The MIS team released the Pre Event Report on GEO for Hurricane Milton on 07 October, which showed the Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times, and Cone of Uncertainty.

This Pre Event Report was refreshed on 08 October with updated Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times, and Cone of Uncertainty.

The Pre Event Report was updated again on 09 October, with updates to the Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times, and Cone of Uncertainty, as well as adding a Potential Storm Surge Layer.

On October 10, the first Wind Exposure Layer for Milton was released, covering areas in Florida potentially impacted by wind, alongside relevant windspeed data.

October 11 saw the release of the first Flood Exposure and Claims Layers, highlighting locations on the coast which damaged by flooding, alongside a damage rating to determine the extent. This first Flood Exposure Layer covers areas potentially affected by flooding along the Florida coast.

As the response headed into the weekend, on 12 October, MIS released the first Wind Claims Layer and 15cm Aerial Imagery for Milton, alongside updates to the Flood Exposure and Claims Layers.

The update on 13 October included expanding the Wind Claims Grid, adding 15cm Aerial Imagery added along the West coast of Florida. This also added Power Outage Data for 9 -10 October to the report.

14 October saw updates to the Wind and Flood Claims Grids, the Flood Exposure Layer and added further 15cm Aerial Imagery of Florida's West Coast.

15 October also featured an expanded Wind Claims Grid, as well as updated 15cm Aerial Imagery and Power Outage Data.

On October 16, the team added Confirmed Tornado Tracks to the Wind Exposure Layer, as well as updating the Wind Claims Grid, Flood Exposure Layer, alongside providing the latest 15cm Aerial Imagery and Power Outage Data.

17 October's update was a further expansion of the intelligence added on 16 October, with more imagery and further tornado tracks.

18 October brought the first release of Ground Level Imagery for areas in the path of Milton, as well as expanded coverage within both the Flood Exposure Layer and the Wind Claims Layer. 

After further assessments across the weekend, on 21 October the team updated the GEO report with additions to the Flood Exposure Layer, as well as the Wind Exposure and Claims Layers, which included more Confirmed Tornado Tracks.

There was an expansion of the Flood Exposure Layer and Wind Claims Layer on 22, 23, 24 and 25 October.

Over the weekend, more intelligence was gathered and the report was updated with new 15cm Aerial Imagery from Fugro and 50cm Imagery from Airbus, as well as expanded Wind Exposure and Claims Layers.

On 29 October, the team updated the Hurricane Milton GEO report for the final time, with the last batch of aerial imagery and assessments of affected areas.