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The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the period was Hurricane Donna, which was the tenth strongest hurricane on record to strike the contiguous United States. [ 10 ] [ 5 ] Additionally, Hurricanes Easy , King , Betsy , and Alma hit or otherwise impacted the state as major hurricanes .
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.
Hurricane-force winds and storm surge of up to 16 feet (4.9 m) across the panhandle destroy 500 small businesses and damage or destroy 8,000 houses. Damage in the state totals $100 million (1975 USD, $400 million 2008 USD). [4] October 1, 1975- A tropical depression hits the western Florida Panhandle, though its effects, if any, are unknown. [5]
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 ...
This Category 5 hurricane hit the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana, and remains the most destructive hurricane to hit Florida. It is one of few hurricanes to hit land as a Category 5 hurricane ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tracks of hurricanes over Florida from 1950 to 1974. 85 Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the U.S. state of Florida from 1950 to 1964. Collectively, tropical cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in about $7.04 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from Hurricanes Donna and Dora.