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October 10 — Hurricane Michael made landfall at 17:30 UTC near Mexico Beach, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (255 km/h), making it the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Florida panhandle, and the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
In Cuba, the hurricane's winds left over 200,000 people without power as the storm passed to the island's west. Along the Florida panhandle, the cities of Mexico Beach and Panama City suffered the worst of Michael, incurring catastrophic damage from the extreme winds and storm surge. Numerous homes were flattened and trees felled over a wide ...
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024. Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida. More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state, [1] and since 1851 only
At that point, Andrew was just the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 1935 and was the most destructive and costliest hurricane in Florida history. Since then ...
Hermine was the first hurricane to directly affect the city since Hurricane Kate in 1985. [43] Throughout Leon County, 45 homes or businesses were destroyed, 187 suffered severe damage, and 259 experienced minor damage. [59] Losses across Leon County reached $10.3 million. [60] Radar image of Hurricane Hermine about 40 minutes after landfall
Oct. 10, 2018: Hurricane Michael, the first Category 5 storm to hit the Florida Panhandle, leveled Mexico Beach after making landfall near there and caused catastrophic damage from Bay County into ...
Track Map of Hurricane Audrey, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1957 ... and remains the most destructive hurricane to hit Florida. It is one of few hurricanes to hit land as a Category 5 hurricane ...
Tropical Depression Six caused significant flooding along the Gulf Coast of the United States, especially in the Florida Panhandle. The sixth tropical cyclone of the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season, the depression developed from a trough of low pressure in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico on July 28. The system strengthened slightly, but peaked ...