According to CBS News, satellite Images show that Hurricane Milton may have reshaped Florida.

Question

Satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Milton struck and passed over Florida last week show the extent of coastal damage.

Answer 1

I could not find any other news source that also talked about this which could mean it might not be true. But the pictures provided in the CBS News article definitely makes it seem like their was some form of coastal damage/reshaping. While doing further research I found a CNN article which shows other things that happened in Florida during this time which could further prove this to be true. The biggest thing being the fact that there was high water levels throughout the state including areas where pictures in the CBS article were taken. Also it was noted that there was numerous tornadoes reported in that same area of the coast. 

Comments

This claim about "reshaping Florida" is very ambiguous. Coastlines in general are constantly reshaped by storms and erosion. (Source: https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/coastal-flood-risk/coastal-erosion) Thus, any hurricane will at least slightly reshape a coastline that it intersects. However, this headline seems to imply that hurricane Milton completely altered the shape of the Florida coastline. But in the aerial imagery provided by CNN, this is not very evident. Though building damage is easily seen, the shore is not dramatically reshaped. In fact, the images focus on the urban damage rather than the coastline. Furthermore, there is no actual evidence supporting this bold headline: no measurements, no data, and no authoritative quotes. In conclusion, the imagery is not convincing enough to prove that the hurricane "reshaped Florida."

Answer 2

Photos in the CBS News article back up the claim that the hurricane reshaped the Florida coastline (although pretty minimally). Searching for similar articles led to minimal results, although before and after photos seem to support the claim. Until there is more research into the situation, it's hard to know weather (pun intended) the article is fully accurate or not.

Answer 3

So, this article has a big problem: the Title isn't the real claim. If you read the article, you will see that at no point does it claim or try to support the fact that the Florida coastline has been, as they say, "reshaped." The article is just talking about the damage in some of the more coastal areas of Florida because of the hurricane. So, in actuality, the claim is that "Hurricane Milton has caused severe damage to areas on the Florida coast."
All that being said, CBS is often a high-quality and valid source to go to for news. As seen by the headline of this article, they may exaggerate some things like most News companies, but they are typically considered to be trustworthy.
Emily Mae Czachor is also a real writer who has written many articles for Buzzfeed, CBS, and other publishers. The content she is writing about is very new as it pertains to the current Hurricane crisis happening in Florida. There are also MANY articles pertaining to the destruction that has come with Hurricane Milton, and surprisingly, a couple of them talk about the possibility of certain parts of Florida being reshaped.
While the images don't prove any reshaping of the state, they do show clear destruction to roads, houses, and other architecture in the area. While that doesn't support the Title, it does support the main claim.
Overall, I think this article is being truthful to the points it is trying to make. It comes from credited sources that aren't necessarily biased in any way. The only problem is that the Title itself doesn't line up with the actual content of the story. There is no evidence or mention of a reshaping of a state, only of destruction that has hit the edges of it. So, while misleading, I do find this article to be overall truthful.

Answer 4

The title claim is not exactly the focus of the evidence presented in the article, but it still holds true according to multiple sources. The article itself focuses more on destruction of homes and infrastructure rather than the coast itself, and shows plenty of video and visual evidence to support this. However, it is also true that Florida's beaches were changed by Milton. The New York Post also reported on the changes and included even clearer images that show the erosion of beaches on a massive scale (New York Post Article). A Metro UK article also showed satellite images taken from NOAA that show new fans of sediment forming at impacted sites (Metro UK Article). USGS also reported as of October 7th that after Hurricane Helene "95 percent of the sandy beaches on Florida’s west coast are forecasted to become inundated" by Milton (USGS). Their interactive Coastal Hazards portal also shows that nearly the entire west coast of Florida has a 100% probability of inundation (flooding), overwash and collisions (Coastal Hazards). CBS could have included more clear evidence showing significant shoreline changes to better prove their claim. 

Answer 5

This article is stating that the Florida coastline was reshaped in hurricane Milton. After seeing the pictures they provided and doing my own research I found multiple sources that also back this up. First the New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/10/14/us-news/dramatic-photos-reveal-how-hurricane-milton-reshaped-florida-cutting-some-iconic-beaches-in-half/ also showed photos and in describe how some of the beaches have been now split in half from what they were before the hurricane. Also a CNN article talked about how from the intensity of the storm it had many effects on the Florida coastline https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/10/weather/map-charts-milton-hurricane-dg/index.html.  Overall I think there isn't to much information on this yet but there are multiple sources and satilite images backing up the claim. 

Answer 6

It's tough to discern the validity of this claim. Searching for other articles about this turned up minimal results. When reading the article, it talks about how parts of the Florida coastline have been reshaped and damaged as a result of the hurricane, while providing satellite photos. However, I think the headline of the article makes it seem as if the hurricane had done long-lasting altering of the coastline, whereas the text moreso just talks about the damage caused by the storm. Coastlines are eroded and changing all the time because of storms like hurricanes, (https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/coastal-flood-risk/coastal-erosion), and even though the title doesn't outright say that the storm permanently changed the Florida coastline, I believe that's the tone the title implies. Aside from the photos, there's no clear evidence or data to backup the headline.