A video of a mesmerizing sunset sky after a “horrific” hurricane in Florida has captivated users on TikTok.
The clip was posted by @brookegoodmannn and has garnered 3.1 million views since it was posted on September 29.
The footage shows a woman with her hand over her mouth while looking up at a surreal sky of pink, orange and purplish blue hues. A note overlaid on the clip says “Florida literally hours after a horrific hurricane.”
A caption shared with the video adds, “Florida being Florida.”
The viral post comes amid Florida’s hurricane season, which runs from June 1 until November 30. “The peak of hurricane season occurs between mid-August and late October, when the waters in the equatorial Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico have warmed enough to help support the development of tropical waves,” explains the Florida Climate Center of Florida State University.
Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, on September 26. The category 4 storm was ranked among the most powerful to hit the United States, with winds reaching 140 mph, according to the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
A hurricane has maximum sustained surface winds of 74 mph or greater (64 knots or greater), while a tropical depression has maximum sustained surface winds of 38 mph (33 knots) or less. A tropical storm has maximum sustained surface winds ranging from 39-73 mph (34 to 63 knots).
According to a September 27 post on X, formerly Twitter, by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Tallahassee, storm surge levels were estimated to have reached 15 feet along portions of the Taylor and Dixie counties from Hurricane Helene.
There have been at least 40 deaths attributed to the storm, the Associated Press reported on September 27. More than a million Americans were reported to still be without power on Monday following the impact of the hurricane.
In a post Monday on X, formerly Twitter, shared Monday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said: “Conditions could become more favorable for development in a few days, and there is a medium chance for a tropical depression to form in the NW [northwest] Caribbean or S [south] Gulf of Mexico late week.”
On Monday, NHC issued advisories on “Tropical Storm Isaac, located several hundred miles north of the Azores, on Tropical Depression Joyce, located over the central Atlantic Ocean, and on Tropical Depression Twelve, located over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.”
Coastal flood advisories and flood watches have been issued in different parts of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., according to the NWS.
‘So Beautiful’
TikTok users were blown away by the serene sunset sky in the viral post.
AydenKins said, “The calm after the storm” and @gigi.hill53 said, “wow that’s so beautiful.”
Felipe Michelli wrote, “After the storm there is always a rainbow or a pretty sky.”
User anna_mcl25 said, “i swear the sky is always the prettiest after bad weather!”
User @lianasprivatespamm said, “proof that everything gets better after the storm” and @youmessyash said, “The sun will always come again.”
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